CLEAR  SUNSHINE  OF  THE  GOSPEL 


BREAKING  FORTH    UPON  THE 


Indians  in  New  England 

1648. 


Q U  AR TO    SERIES 
No.  X.      - 


THE 


CLEAR    SUNSHINE 


OF  THE 


GOSPEL 

Breaking  Forth  upon  the  Indians 


IN 


NEW-ENGLAND. 


By  THOMAS  SHEPARD. 


NEW    YORK: 

REPRINTED  FOR  JOSEPH  SABIN. 
1865. 


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MUNSELL,  PRINTER, 


THE 


I  r 

Clear  Sunfhine  of  the  Gofpel  | 

BREAKING    FORTH 
UPON    THE 

INDIANS 

;  I  N 

NEW-ENGLAND. 

OR, 
An    Hiftoricall    Narration  of    Godsv 

Wonderfull  Workings  upon  fundry  of  the 

INDIANS,  both  chief  Governors  and  Common 

people,  in  bringing  them  to  a  willing  and 

defired  fubmiffion  to  the  Ordinances  of 

the  Gofpel ;   and  framing  their  hearts  to  an 

earneft  inquirie  after  the  knowledge  of 

God  the  Father,  and  of  Jefus  Chrift 

the    Saviour    of  the   World. 

By  Mr.  THOMAS  SHEPARD  Minifter  of  the  Gofpel  of! 
Jefus  Chrift  at  Cambridge  in  New-England. 

Ifaiah  2.  2,  3.     And    it  /hall   come   to   pajje    in    the    loft    dayes,    that    the    mountain  of  the 
Lords    houfe   (ball    bee    ejiablijhed   in    the    top    of  the    mountains,    and   /hall   bee    exalted  I 
above  the  hills  ;  and  all  Nations  fh  all  flow  unto  it.  M  |> 

And  many  people   /hall  go  and  fay,  Come  ye   and  let  us  go  up   to   the   mountain  of  the   Lord  I  \ 
to  the  houfe   of  the  God  ofjacob,  and  he   'will  teach  us  of  bis  wayesy  and  we  'will  'walk  •: 
\       in  his   paths  :  for  out  of   Zion  Jhall go  forth   the   Law,  and  the  word  of  the  Lord  from  \  y. 
Jerusalem.  7?  f 

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TO  THE  f 

RIGHT    HONOVRABLE 

THE  i 

LORDS  &  COMMONS 

Affembled 

In  High  Court  of  Parliament 

Right  Honorable^ 

Hefe  few  fheets  prefent  unto  your 
view  &Jhort  but  welcome  difcourfe  of 
the  visitations  of  the  mo  ft  High  upon 
the  faddeft  fpedtacles  of  degeneracy 
upon  earth.  The  poore  Indian  People :  the  dif- 
tance  of  place,  (if  our  jpirits  be  right)  will  be  no 
leffening  of  the  mercy,  nor  of  our  tbankefulneffe^ 
That  Chrift  is  glorified,  that  the  Gofpel  doth 
any  where  find  footing  ;  and  fuccefle  is  a  mer 
cy  as  well  worthy  the  praife  of  the  Saints  on 
Earth,  as  theyVy  of  the  Angels  in  heaven.  The 
report  of  this  mercy  is  Jirft  made  to  you,  who 
are  the  Reprefentative  of  this  Nation,  That 
in  you  England  might  bee  ftirred  up,  to  be 

Re 

M881075 


The  Epiflle 

Rejoycers  in,  and  Advancers  of  thefe  promi- 
fing  beginnings.  And  becaufe  to  You  an  ac 
count  is  firft  due  of  the  fucceffe  of  the  Gofpel 
in  thofe  darke  corners  of  the  World,  which 
have  been  fo  much  enligtened  by  Your  fa 
vour,  enlivened  by  Your  refolutions,  encou 
raged  by  Your  fore-paft  indeavours  for  God, 
&  hope  ftil  being  parts  of  Your  felves,  to  be 
further  fbrengthned  by  Youre  benigne  afpetts 
and  bountifull  influences  on  them. 

The  prefent  troubles  have  not  fo  far  obli 
terated  and  worn  out  the  fad  imprejjions 
which  former  times  have  made  upon  our  fpi- 
rits,  but  we  can  fadly  remember  thofe  deftruEl- 
ive  defignes  which  were  on  foot,  and  car- 
ryed  on  for  the  Introduction  of  fo  great  evils 
both  into  Church  and  State;  In  order  to 
which  it  was  the  endeavour  of  the  Contrivers 
and  Promoters  of  thofe  defignes,  to  waft  the 
number  of  the  godly,  as  thofe  who  would 
never  be  brought  to  comply  in  fuch  deftruft- 
ive  enterprifes ;  which  was  attempted  by 
banijhing  and  forcing  fome  abroad,  by  bur- 
thening  and  ajfliEling  all  at  home.  Among 

thofe 


Dedicatory. 

thofe  who  tafted  of  the  firft,  I  fay  not  the 
worft  fort  of  their  cruelty,  were  thefe  our 
Brethren,  who  to  enjoy  the  liberties  of  the 
Gofpel,  were  content  to  fit  downe,  and  pitch 
their  tents  in  the  utmoft  parts  of  the  Earth, 
hoping  that  there  they  might  be  out  of  the 
reach  of  their  malice,  as  they  were  aflured 
they  were  beyond  the  bounds  of  their  love. 
God  who  doth  often  make  mans  evill  of  fin, 
ferviceable  to  the  advancement  of  the  riches 
of  his  owne  Grace ;  The  moft  horrid  a6t 
that  ever  was  done  by  thefonnes  of  men,  the 
murther  of  Chrift,  God  made  ferviceable  to 
the  higheft  purpofes  of  Grace  and  mercy 
that  ever  came  upon  his  breaft;  That  God 
doth  fhew  that  hee  had  mercifull  ends,  in 
this  their  malicious  purpofe :  as  hee  fuffer'd 

7~»        7  i  n     •  T  1       Afts  16.  30, 

Paul  to   be  calt  into  priion,    to  convert  the    33, 34. 
Jaylor,  to  be  fhipwrackt  at  Melita^  to  preach  Aa*2S'1'  n 
to  the  barbarians^    fo  he  fuffer'd  their  way 
to  be  flopped  up  here,  and  their  perfons  to  be 
banifhed  hence,  that  hee  might  open  a  paflage 
for  them  in  the  Wildernefle,  and  make  them 
inftruments  to  draw  foules  to  him,  who  had 
been  fo  long  ejl ranged  from  him. 

It 


The  Epiftle 

It  was  the  end  of  the  adverfary  to  fup- 
preffe,   but   Gods  to  propagate   the  Gofpel ; 
theirs    to  fmother    and    put    out    the   light, 
Gods  to  communicate  and  difperfe  it  to  the 
utmoft  corners  of   the    Earth;    that    as    one 
au/i  faith  of  Paul^  his  blindneffe  gave   light   to  the 
luminado.      whole   tf^orld^    fo  we  hope    God  will    make 
their  diftance  and  eftrangedneffe  from    us,  a 
meanes  of  bringing  many  near  and  in  to  ac 
quaintance  with  him. 

Indeed  a  long  time  it  was  before  God  let 
them  fee  any  farther  end  of  their  comming  o- 
ver,  then  to  preferve  their  confciences,  cherijh 
their  Graces,    provide  for   their    fuftenance : 
But  when  Providences  invited  their  return,  he 
let  them  know  it  was  for  fome  farther  Arrand 
that  hee  brought  them   thither,   giving   them 
fome  Bunches  of  Grapes,  fome  Clufters  of  Figs 
in  earneft  of  the  profperous  fucceffe  of  their 
ifa^'io',  ii,  endeavours  upon  thofe  poor  out  cafts :  The  ut- 
ifa^'i      10  moft  enc^s  °f  ^e  earth  are  defigned  and  pro- 
Luke  10.  'i.    mifed  to  be  in  time  the  poffeffions  of  Chrift; 
And  hee  fends   his    Minifters  into  every  place 
where  he  himfelfe  intends  to  come^  and  take  pof- 

feffion. 


Dedicatory. 

feffion.  Where  the  Miniftery  is  the  Harbinger 
and  goes  before,  Chrift  and  Grace  will  cer 
tainly  follow  after. 

This  little  we  fee  is  fomething  in  hand,  to 
earneft  to  us  thofe  things  which  are  in  hope; 
fomething  in  poffefjion^  to  affure  us  of  the  reft 
in  promife,  when  the  ends  of  the  earth  fhall 
fee  his  glory,  and  the  Kingdmes  of  the  world 
Jhall  become  the  Kingdomes  of  the  Lord  and  his 
Chrift [,  when  hee  fhall  have  Dominion  from  Sea  ^  "  2?* 
to  Sea,  and  they  that  dwell  in  the  wilderneffe pfal-  72-  8>  9, 
fhall  bow  before  him.  And  if  the  dawn  of  the 
morning  be  fo  delightfull,  what  will  the  clear 
day  be  ?  If  the  jirft  fruits  be  fo  precious,  what 
wil  the  whole  harveft  be  ?  if  fome  beginnings 
be  fo  ful  of  joy,  what  will  it  be  when  God 
fhall  perform  his  whole  work,  when  the  whole 
earth  Jhall  be  full  of  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord^ 
as  the  waters  cover  the  Sea,  and  Eaft  and 
Weft  fhal  fing  together  the  fong  of  the  Lamb  ? 

In  order  to  this  what  doth  God  require  of 
us,  but  that  we  fhould  ftrengthen  the  hands, 
incourage  the  hearts  of  thofe  who  are  at  work 
for  him,  confliEling  with  difficulties,  wreftling 

with 


The  Epijlle 

with  difcouragements,  to  fpread  the  Gofpel, 
&  in  that,  the  fame  and  honor  of  this  Nation, 
to  the  utmoft  ends  of  the  earth?  It  was  the 
defign  of  your  enemies  to  make  them  little^  let 
it  be  your  endevor  to  make  them  great  ^  their 
greatneffe  is  your  ftrength.  Their  enemies 
threatned  their  hands  fhould  reach  them  for 
evil,  God  difappointed  them;  And  let  your 
hands  reach  them  now  for  good;  there 
is  enough  in  them  to  fpeak  then  fit 
ohjSies  of  your  incouragement,  they  are 
men  of  choice  fpirits,  not  frighted  with 
dangers,  foftned  with  allurements,  nor  dif- 
couraged  with  difficulties,  preparing  the  way 
of  the  Lord  in  thofe  unpayable  places  of  the 
earth,  dealing  with  fuch  whom  they  are  to 
make  men,  before  they  can  make  them  Chrift- 
ians.  They  are  fuch  who  are  impreffed  for  your 
fervicein  the  fervice  of  Chrift,  c&nftand  alone, 
but  defire  to  have  dependence  on  you,  they 
feare  not  the  malice  of  their  enemies,  but  de 
fer  e  the  countenance  and  incouragement  of 
their  friends;  And  fhal  your  Honors  in  con 
federation  of  their  former  fufferings,  their  pre- 

fent 


Dedicatory. 

fent  fervice,  and  reall  defervings,  help  the  day 
of  f mall  things  among  them  ;  fhal  you  intereft 
them  in  your  affiftances,  as  you  are  interefted 
in  their  affections,  you  wil  thereby  not  only 
further  thefe  beginnings  of  God  by  incourag- 
ing  their  hearts,  and  ftrengthning  their  hands 
to  work  for  him,  but  alfo  (as  we  humbly  con 
ceive)  much  add  to  the  comfort  of  your  owne 
accounts  in  the  day  of  the  Lord,  and  lay  greater 
obligations  on  them  yet  more  to  pray  for  you, 
to  promote  your  counfels,  and  together  with 
us  your  unworthy  fervants  to  write  down 
themfelves, 

Yours  humbly  devoted  in  the  fervice  of  the 
Gofpel. 

Stephen  Mar/hall  John  Downam  tfho.  Goodwin 

Jeremy  Whitaker  Philip  Nye  Fho.  Cafe 

Edm.  Calamy  Syd.  Symptfon  Simeon  A/he 

William  Greenhill  William  Carter  Samuel  Bolton. 

B 


TO  THE 

Godly  and   well    aflfe&ed    of 

this  Kingdome  of  ENGLAND; 

who  pray  for,  and  rejoyce  in,  the 

thrivings  of  the  Gofpel  of  our 

LORD    JESVS. 

Chriflian  Reader, 

F  ever  thou  bad/I  experience  of  this  day  of 
power,  thefe  vifitations  of  Chrijt  upon 
thine  own  fpirit ;  I  fuppofe  thee  to  be  one 
who  haft  embarqu'd  many  prayers  for 
the  fuccefle  of  the  Gofpel  in  thefe  darke 
corners  of  the  earth  ;  to  ftrengthen  thy  faith,  inlarge 
thy  heart,  and  ajfure  thy  foul  that  God  is  a  God  hear 
ing  prayers:  An  account  is  here  given  to  thee  of  the 
conquefts  of  the  Lord  lefus  upon  thefe  poor  out- c aft s, 
who  have  thus  long  been  eftranged  from  him,  fpilt  like 
water  upon  the  ground  and  none  to  gather  them.  For 
merly  thou  had,  The  Day-break,  fome  dawnings  of 
light,  after  a  long  and  black  night  of  darkenes,  here  thou 
fee  ft  the  fun  is  up,  which  wee  hope  will  rejoice  like 
the  ftrong  man  to  run  its  race,  fcattering  thofe  thick 
clouds  of  darknej/e,  and  ihining  brighter  and  brighter 
till  it  come  to  a  perfect  day.  Thefe  few  Jheets  give 
thee  fome  footing  for  fuch  thoughts,  and  fome  further 
incouragements  to  wait  &  pray  for  the  accomplifh- 
ment  of  fuch  things.  Here  thou  mayft  fee,  the  Miniftry 
is  precious,  the  feet  of  them  who  bring  glad  tidings 
beautiful!.  Ordinances  dejired,  the  Word  frequented 

and 


The  Epiftlc 

and  attended,  the  Spirit  alfo  going  forth  in  power  and 
efficacy  with  it,  in  awakening  and  humbling  of  them, 
drawing  forth  thofe  affections  of  for  row,  and  exprejfions 
0/^tears  in  abundance,  which  no  tortures  or  extremities 
were  ever  obferved  to  force  from  them,  with  lamenting : 
we  read  here,  their  leaving  of  Jinne,  they  for  fake  their 
former  evill  wayes,  and  fet  up  fences  never  to  returne 
by  making  lawsjfo"  the  punifhment  of  thofe  Jins  wherein 
they  have  lived,  and  to  which  they  have  been  fo  much 
addicted.  They  fet  up  prayers  in  their  families  morn 
ing  and  evening,  and  are  in  earneft  in  them ;  And  with 
more  affection  they  crave  Gods  blejpng  upon  a  little 
parched  corn,  &  Indian  ftalks,  then  many  of  us  do  upon 
our  greateji  plenty  and  abundance.  They  reft  on  the 
Lords  day,  and  make  laws  for  the  obfervation  of  it, 
wherein  they  meet  together  to  pray  &  inftrutt  one 
another  in  the  things  of  God,  which  have  been  com 
municated  to  them.  They  renounce  their  diabolicall 
Charmes  and  Charmers,  and  many  of  thofe  who  were 
practitioners  in  thefe  finfull  and  foul-undoing  Arts,  being 
made  naked,  convinced  and  afhamed  af  their  evill,  forfake 
their  way,  and  betake  themf elves  to  prayer,  preferring  the 

[fa.  26.  16.  Chriftian  Charm,  before  their  diabolical  Spells  :  herein 
tynS  God  making  good  that  promife  Zeph.  2.  I  i.  I  will  famifh 

Incantatio,       al  tke  QO(JS  of  the  earth,  (which  he  doth  by  withdraw- 

mumtatio.          .  /      /          •  / 

Jer.  8.  17.       ing   the   worjhippers,   and  throwing  contempt   upon   the 
Eccles.  10.  u.<worjhip]  And  men  ihal  worfhip   me   alone   every  one 
from  his  place,  even  all  the  Ifles  of  the  Heathens. 

All  thefe  are  hopefull  prefages  that  God  is  going  out 
Ads  17*  30!    *n  hi*  power  and  grace  to  conquer  a  people   to  himfelf-, 
That  he  begins  to  caji  an  owning  look  on  them,  whom  he 

hath 


To  the  Reader. 

hath  fo  long  neglected  &  defpifed.  And  indeed  God 
may  we!  feek  out  for  other  ground  to  fow  the  feed  of  his 
Ordinances  upon,  feeing  the  ground  where  it  hath  been 
fown  hath  brought  forth  no  better  fruit  to  him ;  he  may 
may  well  befpeak  another  people  to  himfelf,  feeing  he 
finds  no  better  entertainment  among  the  people  he  hath 
efpoufed  to  him,  and  that  by  fo  many  mercies,  privi- 
ledges,  indeerments,  ingagements.  We  have  as  many 
fad  fymptomes,  of  a  declining,  as  thefe  poor  out c aft s 
have  glad  prefages  of  a  Rifing  Sun  among  them.  'The 
Ordinances  are  as  much  contemned  here,  as  frequented 
there ;  the  Miniftery  as  much  difcouraged  here,  as  em 
braced  there ;  Religion  as  much  derided,  the  ways  of 
godlinefs  as  much  fcorned  here,  as  they  can  be  wifhed 
and  dejired  there ;  generally  wee  are  fick  of  plenty,  wee 
furfet  of  our  abundance,  the  worft  of  Surfets,  and  with 
our  loathed  Manna  and  difdained  food,  God  preparing 
them  a  Table  in  the  wildernes ;  where  our  fatieties,  wil 
be  their  fufficiencies ;  our  complaints,  their  contents ; 
our  burthens,  their  comforts ;  if  he  cannot  have  an 
England  here,  he  can  have  an  England  there ;  &  bap 
tize  &  adopt  them  into  thofe  priviledges,  which  wee 
have  looked  upon  as  our  burthens.  We  have  fad  de- 
cayes  upon  us,  we  are  a  revolting  Nation,  a  people 
guilty  of  great  defection  from  God.  Some  fall  from  the 
worfhip  of  God  so  their  old  fuperftitions,  and  corrupt 
worjhip,  faying  with  thofe  in  leremy,  It  was  better  with 
us  then  now.  Some  fall  from  the  doctrin  of  grace  to 
errors,  fome  to  damnable,  others  to  defiling,  fome  to 
deftrucldve,  others  to  corruptive  opinions.  Some  fal 
from  proferTed  feeming  holynes,  to  Jin  &  profanenes ; 

who 


The  Epiftle 

who  like  blazing  comets  did  Jhine  bright  for  a  time,  but 
after  have  fet  in  a  night  of  darknes.  We  have  many 
fad  fymp tomes  on  us,  we  decay  under  all  the  means  of 
nourifhment,  are  barren  under  all  Gods  fowings,  dry 
under  al  the  dews,  droppings  Jhowres  of  heaven,  like 
that  Country  whereof  Hiftorians  fpeak,  where  drought 

Siccitas  dat  lu-  r    .      t.    J  ,     %  rj \         '  n  M     ,       &7 

mm,  imbres  cauleth  dirt,  and  ihowers  cauieth  dult.  And  what 
pulverem.  doth  God  threaten  herein,  but  to  remove  the  Candle- 
flicks,  to  take  away  the  Gofpel,  that  pretious  Gofpel, 
the  ftreams  whereof  have  brought  Jo  many  mips  laden 
with  blejjings  to  our  jhoar,  that  Gofpel  under  the  fhadow 
whereof  we  have  fate  down  and  been  refreshed  thefe 
many  years  ?  where  the  power  is  loft,  God  will  not  long 
continue  the  form,  where  the  heat  is  gone,  he  wil  not 
long  continue  the  light.  TAe  temple  did  not  preferve 
the  lews  when  their  hearts  were  the  Synagogues  of 
Satan,  nor  Jhall  any  outward  priviledge  hold  us  up, 
when  the  inward  power  is  down  in  our  fpirits.  God 
hath  forfaken  other  Churches  as  eminent  as  ever  Eng 
land  was :  where  are  the  churches  0/^Afia,  once  famous 
for  the  gofpel,  for  general  Councels,  now  places  for  Zim 
tf/fc/Ochim,  their  habitation  defolate?  where  are  thofe 
ancient  people  of  the  lews  who  were  (fegulla  micol 
hagnamim]  his  peculiar  and  chofen  people  of  al  na 
tions  ?  they  are  fcattered  abroad  as  a  curfe,  and  their 
place  knows  them  no  more.  And  Jhall  1 1  el  you?  God 
hath  no  need  of  us,  he  can  cal  them  Gnammi,  his  people, 
who  were  Lo  gnammi,  not  his  people,  and  them  beloved, 
who  were  not  beloved.  Indeed  he  hath  held  up  us,  as  if 
he  had  not  known  where  to  have  another  people,  if  he 
Jhould  forfake  us,  we  have  been  a  Gofhen,  when  others 

have 


To  the  Reader. 

have  been  an  Egypt,  a  Canaan,  when  others  an  Akelda- 
ma,  the  garden  of  God,  when  others  have  been  a  wilder- 
nejje,  our  fleece  hath   been  wet,   when  others  have  been 
dry :   But  know,  God  hath  no  need  of  us,  he  can  want 
no  people  if  he  pleafe  to  call;  If  he  fpeake,  all  the  ends  Pfal.  22.27,28. 
of  the  world  fhall  remember  and  turn  unto  the  Lord,  i  ^        IQ 
and  all   the   kindreds   of  the   Nations  fhall  worfhip 
before  him.     If  he  fet  up  his   ftandard,   to   him  fhal 
the  Gentiles  flock,  and  the  earth  fhall  be  full  of  the 
knowledge  of  the  Lord,  as   the  waters  cover  the  fea. 
It  is  not  for   need  but  for  love  that  God  abides  with 
England,  and  there  is  nothing  out  of  himfelfe  the  incen-  Amatdeus,non 
tive  of  this  love :  there  can  be  no  reafon  given  why  God^^ef^°?  fe 
Jhould  fence  us,  and  fuflfer  other  places  to  lye  waft,  that  Eft  undeamat. 
we  Jhould  bee  his  Garden,  and  other  places  a  Wildernes,  Aug- 
that  he  Jhould  feed  us  with  the  bread  of  Heaven,  and 
fuffer  others  to  ftarve,  men  of  the  fame  mould,  his  ofF- 
fpring  as  well  as  we,  and  fuch  (did  he  conquer  to  him 
felfe]  were  likely  to  doe  him   more  fervice,  bring  him 
more  glory  then  we  have  done.     We  fee  fomething  here 
done  in  order  to  fuch  a  work,  our  Harveft  is  much  over, 
we  fee  little  incomes,  there  we  fee  the  fields  are  ripe  for 
harveft ;   here  the  miniftry  is  contemned,   there  the  feet 
of  them  that  bring   glad   tydings  are  beautifull ;   we 
have  outlived    the  power  and  efficacy  of  Ordinances, 
there  God  goes  forth  with  life  and  power ;  we  can  outfit 
the  mo  ft  fpeaking  and  winning  difcoveries  of  Chrift, 
there  every  notion,  breeds  motion  in  them ;  the  glory  of 
the  Lord  is  much   departed  from  us,  there  his  rifing  is 
confpicuous  and  glorious.      The  blind  man  found  it  good 
to  be  in  the  way  where  Chrift  came :  And  who  would  be 

in 


The  Epiftle 

in  ^Egypt   when  there  is  light   in   Gofhen  ?    Oh  that 

England  would  be  quickned  by  their  rijings,  and  weep 

over  her  own  declinings  !  What  a  wonder  is  it  that  they 

Jhould  doe  fo  much,  and  we  fo  little,  that  they  Jhould  be 

men  in  their  infancy ,   and  we  fuch  children  in  our 

manhood,  that  they  fo  active,  we  fo  dead?  That  which 

was  Hieroms  complaint  may  be  ours,  O  that  Infidelity 

mould  do   that  which  thofe  who  profeffe  thenmfelvs 

Heu!  quod  pra-  belecvers  cannot   do!    We  have  the  light  of  former 

JSd^^-AWfj  but  want  the  heat,  knowledge  abounds  as  the 

ftitit  fides.       waters  cover  the  fea,  but  we  want  the  fait ;  we  have  a 

Ignis  qui  in  pa-  form    r  G0JHnefre  but  want  the  power  :  And  it  wil  be 

rentibus       fun  «/  «*'    f  »  >,     «  .      r  r  j 

Colidus,  in  no-  imal  comfort  Jhould  God  continue  to  us  the  form,  and 
bis  Lucidus.     cary  to  others  the  power,  to  fuffer  us  to  waft  our  f elves 

with  unneceffary  brangles  (which  are  the  fweat  of  the 

times]  and  in  the  mean  to  cary  the  life  and  power  of 

Religion  unto  others. 

Let  thefe  poor  Indians  Jiand  up  incentives  to  us,  as 

the  Apoftle   Cet  up  the  Gentiles  a  provocation   to   the 

Rom.  11.    14.  _          *  J    7    J7         r  j        ^    j  j.rr        XT  . 

lews :   who  knows  but  God  gave  lye  to  New  England, 
to  quicken    Old,    and  hath  warmed  them,   that  they 
might  heat  us,  raifed  them  from  the  dead,  that  they 
might  recover  us  from  that  confumption,  and  thofe  fad 
decay es  which  are  come  upon  us  ? 

This  fmal  Treatife  is  an  EiTay  to  that  end,  an  Indian 
Sermon,  though  you  will  not  hear  us,  pojjibly  when  fome 
rife  from  the  dead  you  will  hear  them.  The  main 
Doctrin  it  preacheth  unto  all,  is  to  value  the  Gofpel, 
prize  the  Miniftry ,  loath  not  your  Manna,  furfet  not 
of  your  plenty,  be  thankfull  for  mercies,  fruitful!  under 
means:  Awake  from  your  Jlumber,  repair  your  decay  es, 

redeem 


To  the  Reader. 

redeem  your  time,  improve  the  feafons  of  your  peace ; 
anfwer  to  cals,  open  to  knocks,  attend  to  whifpers,  obey 
commands ;  you  have  a  name  you  live,  take  heed  you  bee 
not  dead,  you  are  Chriftians  in  mew,  be  Jo  indeed : 
leajl  as  you  have  loft  the  power,  God  take  away  from  you 
the  form  alfo. 

And  you  that  are  Minifters  learn   by  this  not  to  de- 

fpond  though  you  fee  not  prefent  fruit  of  your  labors, 

though   you   rim   all  night   and  catch   nothing.   God 

hath  a  fullnefTe  of  time  to   perform   all  his  purpofes. 

And  the  deepeft  degeneracies,  &  wideft   ejlrangements 

from  God,  Jhall  be  no  bar  or  obftacle  to  the  power  and 

freenejfe  of  his  owne  grace  when  that  time  is  come. 

And  you  that  are  Merchants,  take  incouragement 
from  hence  to  fcatter  the  beames  of  light,  to  fpread  and 
propagate  the  Gofpel  into  thofe  dark  corners  of  the  earth ; 
whither  you  traffick  you  take  much  from  them,  if  you 
can  carry  this  to  them,  you  wil  make  them  an  abundant 
recompence.  And  you  that  are  Chriftians  indeed,  rejoice 
to  fee  the  Curtaines  of  the  'Tabernacle  inlarged,  the 
bounds  of  the  Sanctuary  extended,  Chrift  advanced,  the 
Gofpel  propagated,  a?id  fouls  faved.  And  if  ever  the 
love  of  God  did  center  in  your  hearts,  if  ever  the  fenfe 
of  his  goodnefs  hath  begot  bowels  of  compaffion  in  you, 
draw  them  forth  towards  them  whom  God  hath  fingled 
out  to  be  the  objects  of  his  grace  and  mercy;  lay  out 
your  prayers,  lend  your  ajfiflance  to  carry  on  this  day  of 
the  Lord  hegun  among  them.  They  are  not  able  (as 
Mofcsyi/W)  to  bear  the  burthen  of  that  people  alone, 
to  make  provifion/ir  the  children  whom  God  hath  given 
them;  &  therefore  it  is  requifite  the  fpiritual  community 
C  Jhould 


The  Epiftle,  &c. 

Jhould  help  to  bear  part  with  them.  Many  of  the  young 
ones  are  given  and  taken  in,  to  be  educated  &  brought 
up  in  Schooles,  they  are  naked  and  mujt  be  clad,  they 
want  al  things,  and  muft  be  fupplyed.  The  Parents 
alfo,  and  many  others  being  convinced  of  the  evill  of  an 
idle  life,  dejire  to  be  employed  in  honeft  labor,  but  they 
want  inftruments  and  tooles  to  fet  them  on  work,  and 
caft-garments  to  throw  upon  thofe  bodies,  that  their 
loins  may  blefle  you,  whofe  fouls  Chriji  hath  cloathed. 
Some  worthy  perfons  have  given  much ;  and  if  God  fh  all 
move  the  heart  of  others  to  offer  willingly  towards  the 
building  of  Chriji  a  Spirituall  temple,  //  will  certainly 
remain  upon  their  account,  when  the  fmalleft  rewards 
from  God,  jhall  be  better  than  the.  great  eft  layings  out 
for  God.  But  we  are  making  a  relation,  not  a  collection ; 
we  leave  the  whole  to  your  Chriftian  conjideration,  not 
doubting  but  they  who  have  tafted  of  mercy  from  God,  will 
Tit.  9.  14.  fc  rea(fy  to  exercife  compajjion  to  others,  &  commend  you 
unto  him  who  gave  himfelf  for  us,  that  hee  might 
redeem  us  from  all  iniquity,  and  purifie  as  well  as  pur- 
chafe  unto  himfelf  a  peculiar  people,  zealous  of  good 
works. 

Stephen  Marjhall         lobn  Downam  ^Tbo.  Goodwin 

ler.  Whitaker  Philip  Nye  Tbo.  Cafe 

Edmund  Calamy  Sy.  Simpfon  Simeon  A/he 

William  Greenbill        Williamet  Cart.         Samuel  Bolton. 

THE 


THE 


CLEAR E    SVNSHINE 

OF  TH  E 

G  O  S  P  E  L  L, 

Breaking  forth  upon  the  INDIANS 
in  New-England. 

Much  Honored  and  deare  Sir, 

Hat  glorious  and  fudden  riling  of 
Chrift  Jefus  upon  our  poore  Indians 
which  began  a  little  before  you  fet 
faile  from  thefe  fhores,  hath  not  beene 
altogether  clouded  iince,  but  rather 
broken  out  further  into  more  light 
and  life,  wherewith  the  moft  High 
hath  vifited  them ;  and  becaufe  fome  may  call  in 
queftion  the  truth  of  the  firft  relation,  either  becaufe 
they  may  thinke  it  too  good  newes  to  be  true,  or  be 
caufe  fome  perfons  maligning  the  good  of  the  Coun- 
trey,  are  apt,  as  to  aggravate  to  the  utmoft  any  evill 
thing  againft  it,  fo  to  vilifie  and  extenuate  any  good 
thing  in  it :  and  becaufe  your  felfe  defired  to  heare 

how 


2  The  cleare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

how  farre  fince  God  hath  carried  on  that  worke, 
which  yur  owne  eyes  faw  here  begun  ;  I  fhall  there 
fore  as  faithfully  and  as  briefly  as  I  can,  give  you  a 
true  relation  of  the  progrefTe  of  it,  which  I  hope  may 
be  a  fufficient  confirmation  of  what  hath  been  pub- 
limed  to  the  world  before,  having  this  as  the  chiefe 
end  in  my  owne  eye,  that  the  precious  Saints  and 
people  of  God  in  England,  beleeving  what  hath  been 
and  may  bee  reported  to  them,  of  thefe  things,  may 
help  forward  this  work  together  with  us  by  their 
prayers  and  prayfes,  as  we  defire  to  doe  the  like  for 
the  worke  of  Chrift  begun  among  them  there.  I 
dare  not  fpeake  too  much,  nor  what  I  thinke  about 
their  converfion,  I  have  feen  fo  much  falfenefle  in 
that  point  among  many  Englifh,  that  I  am  flow  to 
beleeve  herein  too  haftily  concerning  thefe  poore 
naked  men ;  onely  this  is  evident  to  all  honeft  hearts 
that  dwell  neer  them,  and  have  obferved  them,  that 
the  work  of  the  Lord  upon  them  (what  ever  it  bee) 
is  both  unexpected  and  wonderfull  in  fo  fhort  a  time ; 
I  fhall  fet  down-e  things  as  they  are,  and  then  your 
felfe  and  others  to  whom  thefe  may  come,  may  judge 
as  you  pleafe  of  them. 

Soon  after  your  departure  hence,  the  awakening 
of  thefe  Indians  in  our  Towne  raifed  a  great  noyfe 
among  all  the  reft  round  about  us,  efpecially  about 

*An  inferiour  Concord  fide  where  the  *Sacbim  (as  I  remember)  and 

one  or  two  more  of  his  men,  hearing  of  thefe  things 

and  of  the  preaching  of  the  Word,  and  how  it  wrought 

*An  Indian  among  them  here,  came  therefore  hither  to  *Noona- 

town  fo  called,  netum  to  the  Indian  Lecture,  and  what  the  Lord  fpake 

to 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New- England.   3 

to  his  heart  wee  know  not,  only  it  feems  hee  was  fo 
farre  affe&ed,  as  that  he  deiired  to  become  more  like 
to  the  Englifh,  and  to  caft  off  thofe  Indian  wild  and 
finfull  courfes  they  formerly  lived  in ;  but  when 
divers  of  his  men  perceived  their  Sachims  mind,  they 
fecretly  oppofed  him  herein  ;  which  oppofition  -being 
known,  he  therefore  called  together  his  chiefe  men 
about  him,  &  made  a  fpeech  to  this  effect  unto  them, 
"  viz.  That  they  had  no  reafon  at  all  to  oppofe  thofe 
"  courfes  the  Englifli  were  now  taking  for  their  good, 
"  for  (faith  hee)  all  the  time  you  have  lived  after  the 
"  Indian  faihion  under  the  power  and  protection  of 
"  higher  Indian  Sachems,  what  did  they  care  for  you  ? 
"  they  onely  fought  their  owne  ends  out  of  you,  and 
"  therefore  would  exact  upon  you,  and  take  away 
"  your  fkins  and  your  Kettles  &  your  Wampam  from 
"  you  at  their  own  pleafure,  &  this  was  al  that  they  re- 
"  regarded:  but  you  may  evidently  fee  that  the 
"  Englifh  mind  no  fuch  things,  care  for  none  of  your 
"  goods,  but  onely  feeke  your  good  and  welfare,  and 
"  in  ftead  of  taking  away,  are  ready  -to  give  to  you  ; 
with  many  other  things  I  now  forget,  which  were 
related  by  an  eminent  man  of  that  town  to  me. 
What  the  effect  of  this  fpeech  was,  we  can  tell  no 
otherwife  then  as  the  effects  mewed  it ;  the  firft  thing 
was,  the  making  of  certain  Lawes  for  their  more  re 
ligious  and  civill  government  and  behaviour,  to  the 
making  of  which  they  craved  the  affiftance  of  one  of 
the  chiefe  Indians  in  Noonanetum,  a  very  active  Indian 
to  bring  in  others  to  the  knowledge  of  God ;  deiiring 
withall  an  able  faithfull  man  in  Concord  to  record 

and 


4  The  clear e  Sun-fhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

*  Teach  fand  ^eeP  *n  writing  what  they  had  generally  agreed 
the  Church  in  upon.  Another  effect  was,  their  defire  of  *Mr.  Eliots 
Roxbury,  that  coming  up  to  them,  to  preach,  as  he  could  find  time 

/^1ntt°hehiram°ng  them  5    and    the  laft  effe6t  WaS>    their  defire  °f 

own  Language  having  a  Towne  given  them  within  the  bounds  of 
Concord  neare  unto  the  Englim.  This  latter  when  it 
was  propounded  by  the  Sachim  of  the  place,  he  was 
demanded  why  hee  defired  a  towne  fo  neare,  when 
as  there  was  more  roome  for  them  up  in  the  Coun 
try.  To  which  the  Sachim  replyed,  that  he  therefore 
defired  it  becaufe  he  knew  that  if  the  Indians  dwelt 
far  from  the  Englim,  that  they  would  not  fo  much 
care  to  pray,  nor  would  they  be  fo  ready  to  heare  the 
Word  of  God,  but  they  would  be  all  one  Indians  ftill ; 
but  dwelling  neare  the  Englim  he  hoped  it  might  bee 
otherwife  with  them  then.  The  Town  therefore  was 
granted  them  ;  but  it  feemes  that  the  oppofition  made 
by  fome  of  themfelves  more  malignantly  fet  againft 
thefe  courfes,  hath  kept  them  from  any  prefent  fetling 
downe  :  and  furely  this  oppofition  is  a  fpeciall  finger 
of  Satan  refilling  thefe  budding  beginnings  ;  for  what 
more  hopefull  way  of  doing  them  good  then  by  co 
habitation  in  fuch  Townes,  neare  unto  good  exam 
ples,  and  fuch  as  may  be  continually  whetting  upon 
them,  and  dropping  into  them  of  the  things  of  God  ? 
what  greater  meanes  at  leaft  to  civilize  them  ?  as  is 
evident  in  the  Cufco  and  Mexico  Indians,  more  civill 
then  any  elfe  in  this  vaft  Continent  that  wee  know 
of,  who  were  reduced  by  the  politick  principles  of 
the  two  great  conquering  Princes  of  thofe  Countries 
after  their  long  and  tedious  wars,  from  thefe  wild  and 

wandring 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.   5 

wandring  courfe  of  life,  unto  a  fetling  into  particular 
Townes  and  Cities  :  but  I  forbear,  only  to  confirme 
the  truth  of  thefe  things,  I  have  fent  you  the  orders 
agreed  on  at  Concord  by  the  Indians,  under  the  hand 
of  two  faithfull  witnefles,  who  could  teflifie  more,  if 
need  were,  of  thefe  matters :  I  have  fent  you  their 
owne  Copy  and  their  own  hands  to  it,  which  I  have 
here  inferted. 


Conclusions  and  Orders  made  and  agreed  upon  by 
divers  Sac  Aims  and  other  principal!  men  among  ft  the 

Indians  at  Concord,  in  the  end  of  the  eleventh  moneth,  An.  1646. 

1.  ^  I^Hat  every  one  that  fhall  abufe  themfelves  with 

A     wine  or  ftrong  liquors,   {hall  pay  for  every 
time  fo  abufing  themfelves,  2os. 

2.  That  there  fhall  be  no  more  Pawwwvirig  amongft 

the  Indians.  And  if  any  fhall  hereafter  *Pawwow,  *pawwows 
both  he  that  fhall  Powwow,  &  he  that  fhall  procure  Witches  or 
him  to  Powwow,  fhall  pay  2os.  apeece. 

3.  They  doe  defire  that  they  may  be  ftirred  up  to  feekthe  devill. 
after  God. 

4.  They  defire  they  may  underftand  the  wiles  of  Satan, 
and  grow  out  of  love  with  his  fuggeftions,  and 
temptations. 

5.  That  they  may  fall  upon  fome  better  courfe  to  im 
prove  their  time,  then  formerly. 

6.  That  they  may  be  brought  to  the  fight  of  the 
finne  of  lying,  and  whofoever  fhall  be  found  faulty 
herein  fhall  pay  for  the  firft  offence  5  s.  the  fecond 
IO.T.  the  third  20  j. 

7.  Whofoever 


are 


6  The  cleare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

7.  Whofoever   (hall   fteale  any  thing  from   another, 
fhall  reftore  fourfold. 

8.  They  defire  that  no  Indian  hereafter  fhall  have  any 
more  but  one  wife. 

9.  They  defire  to  prevent  falling  out  of  Indians  one 
with  another,  and  that  they  may  live  quietly  one 
by  another. 

10.  That  they  may  labour  after  humility  and  not  be 
proud. 

1 1 .  That  when  Indians  doe  wrong  one  to   another, 
they  may  be  lyable   to  cenfure  by  fine  or  the  like, 
as  the  Englijh  are. 

1 2.  That  they  pay  their  debts  to  the  Englijh. 

13.  That  they  doe  obferve  the  Lords-Day,  and  who- 
foever  fhall  prophane  it  fhall  pay  20  s. 

14.  That  there  fhall  not  be  allowance  to  pick  Lice, 
as  formerly,  and   eate   them,    and   whofoever  fhall 
offend  in  this  cafe  fhall  pay  for  every  loufe  a  penny. 

15.  They  will  weare  their  haire  comely,  as  the  Eng 
lijh  do,    and  whofoever   fhall   offend   herein   fhall 
pay  5«r. 

1 6.  They    intend    to   reforme    themfelves,    in    their 
former  greafiing  themfelves,  under  the  Penalty  of 
$s.  for  every  default. 

17.  They  doe   all    refolve  to  fet  up  prayer   in   their 
A  Wigwam  is      wigwams,  and  to  feek  to  God  both  before  and  after 

fuch  a  dwelling 

houfe    as    they        meate. 

live  in.         "  1 8.  If  any  commit  the   finne   of  fornication,  being 
fingle  perfons,  the  man  fhall  pay  20  s.  and  the  wo 
man   IOJ. 
19.   If  any  man  lie  with  a  beaft  he  fhall  die. 

20.  Whofoever 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New- England,   j 

20.  Whofoever  (hall  play  at  their  former  games  fhall 
pay  ioj\ 

21.  Whofoever  (hall  commit  adultery  fhall  be  put  to 
death. 

22.  Wilfull  Murder  fhall  be  punimed  with  death. 

23.  They  (hall  not  difguife  themfelves  in  their  mourn 
ings,  as  formerly,  nor  mall  they  keep  a  great  noyfe 
by  howling. 

24.  The  old  Ceremony  of  the  Maide  walking  alone 
and  living  apart  fo  many  dayes  20  s. 

25.  No  Indian  (hall  take  an   Englifh  mans  *Canooe* 
without  leave  under  the  penaltie  of  5  s.  fmail  Boate. 

26.  No  Indian    fhall    come   into    any  Englifh   mans 
houfe  except  he  firft   knock  :  and  this  they  exped: 
from  the  Englifh. 

27.  Whofoever  beats  his  wife  fhall  pay  20  s. 

28.  If  any  Indian  fhall  fall  out  with,   and  beate  an 
other  Indian,  he  fhall  pay  20  s. 

29.  They  defire  they  may  bee  a  towne,  and  either  to 
dwell  on  this  fide  the  Beare  Swamp,  or  at  the  Eaft 
fide  of  Mr.  Flints  Pond. 

Immediately  after  thefe  things  were  agreed  upon, 
moft  of  the  Indians  of  thefe  parts,  fet  up  Prayer  morn 
ing  and  evening  in  their  families,  and  before  and 
after  meat.  They  alfo  generally  cut  their  haire,  and 
were  more  civill  in  their  carriage  to  the  Englifh  then 
formerly.  And  they  doe  manifeft  a  great  willing- 
neffe  to  conform  themfelves  to  the  civill  fafhions  of 
the  Englifh.  The  Lords  day  they  keepe  a  day  of  reft, 
and  minifter  what  edification  they  can  to  one  another. 
Thefe  former  orders  were  put  into  this  forme  by 
D  Captaine 


is  a 


8  The  cleare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

Captaine  Simond  Willard  of  Concord,  whom  the  In 
dians  with  unanimous  confent  intreated  to  bee  their 
Recorder,  being  very  folicitous  that  what  they  did 
agree  upon  might  be  faithfully  preferved  without 
alteration.  Thomas  Flint.  Simon  Willard. 

Thefe  things  thus  wrought  in  a  fhort  time  about 
Concord  fide,  I  looke  upon  as  fruits  of  the  miniftery 
of  the  Word ;  for  although  their  high  efteem  bred 
lately  in  them,  efpecially  the  chief  and  beft  of  the 
Englifh,  together  with  that  mean  efteem  many  of 
them  have  of  themfelves,  and  therefore  will  call 
themfelves  fometimes  poore  Creatures,  when  they  fee 
and  heare  of  their  great  diftance  from  others  of  the 
Englifh  ;  I  fay,  although  thefe  things  may  be  fome 
caufes  of  making  thefe  orders  and  walking  in  thefe 
courfes,  yet  the  chiefe  caufe  feemes  to  bee  the  power 
of  the  Word,  which  hath  been  the  chiefe  caufe  of 
thefe  Orders,  and  therefore  it  is  that  untill  now  of 
late  they  never  fo  much  as  thought  of  any  of  thefe 
things. 

I  am  not  able  to  acquaint  you  very  much  from  my 
owne  eye  and  eare  witnefle  of  things,  for  you  know 
the  neare  relation  between  me  and  the  fire  fide  ufually 
all  winter  time,  onely  I  mall  impart  two  or  three 
things  more  of  what  I  have  heard  and  feen,  and  the 
reft  I  mall  relate  to  you  as  I  have  received  from 
faithfull  witneffes,  who  teftifie  nothing  to  me  by 
their  writings,  but  what  is  feene  in  the  open  Sun,  and 
done  in  the  view  of  all  the  world,  and  generally 
known  to  be  true  of  people  abiding  in  thefe  parts  wee 
live  in.  As 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.   9 

As  foone  as  ever  the  fiercenefle  of  the  winter  was 
paft,  March.  3.  1647.  I  went  out  to  Noonanetum  to 
the  Indian  Lefture,  where  Mr.  Wilfon,  Mr.  Allen,  of 
Dedham,  Mr.  Dunjler,  befide  many  other  Chriftians 
were  prefent ;  on  which  day  perceiving  divers  of  the 
Indian  women  well  affedted,  and  confidering  that 
their  foules  might  ftand  in  need  of  anfwer  to  their 
fcruples  as  well  as  the  mens  ;  &  yet  becaufe  we  knew 
how  unfit  it  was  for  women  fo  much  as  to  afke  quef- 
tions  publiquely  immediatly  by  themfelves ;  wee  did 
therefore  defire  them  to  propound  any  queftions  they 
would  bee  refolved  about  by  firft  acquainting  either 
their  Hufbands,  or  the  Interpreter  privately  there 
with  :  whereupon  we  heard  two  queftions  thus  or 
derly  propounded ;  which  becaufe  they  are  the  firft 
that  ever  were  propounded  by  Indian  women  in  fuch 
an  ordinance  that  ever  wee  heard  of,  and  becaufe  they 
may  bee  otherwife  ufefull,  I  mall  therefore  fet  them 
downe. 

The  firft  queftion  was  propounded  by  the  wife  of 
one  Wampooas  a  well  afFedted  Indian,  viz.  "  Whether 
"  (faid  fhe)  do  I  pray  when  my  huiband  prayes  if  I 
"  fpeak  nothing  as  he  doth,  yet  if  I  like  what  he  faith, 
"  and  my  heart  goes  with  it  ?  (for  the  Indians  will 
many  times  pray  with  their  wives,  and  with  their 
children  alfo  fometime  in  the  fields)  fhee  therefore 
fearing  left  prayer  mould  onely  be  an  externall  action 
of  the  lips,  enquired  if  it  might  not  be  alfo  an  inward 
action  of  the  heart,  if  me  liked  of  what  he  faid. 

The  fecond  queftion  was  propounded  by  the  Wife 
of  one   Totherfwampe,   her  meaning  in  her  queftion 

(as 


io  The  clear e  Sun-Jhme  of  the  Gofpel, 

(as  wee  all  perceived)  was  this,  viz.  "  Whether  a  huf- 
"  band  fhould  do  well  to  pray  with  his  wife,  and  yet 
"  continue  in  his  paffions,  &  be  angry  with  his  wife  ? 
But  the  modefty  and  wifdome  of  the  woman  diredled 
her  to  doe  three  things  in  one,  for  thus  fhee  fpake  to 
us,  viz.  "  Before  my  hufband  did  pray  hee  was  much 
"  angry  and  froward,  but  fince  hee  hath  begun  to 
"  pray  hee  was  not  angry  fo  much,  but  little  angry  : 
wherein  firft  fhee  gave  an  honorable  teftimony  of  her 
hulband  and  commended  him  for  the  abatement  of 
his  paffion ;  fecondly,  fhee  gave  implicitly  a  fecret 
reproofe  for  what  was  paft,  and  for  fomewhat  at  pre- 
fent  that  was  amiffe ;  and  thirdly,  it  was  intended  by 
her  as  a  queflion  whether  her  hufband  fhould  pray 
to  God,  and  yet  continue  in  fome  unruly  paffions; 
but  me  wifely  avoyded  that,  left  it  might  reflecl:  too 
much  upon  him,  although  wee  defired  her  to  exprefTe 
if  that  was  not  her  meaning. 

At  this  time  (befide  thefe  queftions)  there  were 
fundry  others  propounded  of  very  good  ufe,  in  all 
which  we  faw  the  Lord  Jefus  leading  them  to  make 
narrow  inquiries  into  the  things  of  God,  that  fo  they 
might  fee  the  reality  of  them.  I  have  heard  few 
Chriftians  when  they  begin  to  looke  toward  God, 
make  more  fearching  queftions  that  they  might  fee 
things  really,  and  not  onely  have  a  notion  of  them  : 
I  forbeare  to  mention  any  of  them,  becaufe  I  forget 
the  chiefe  of  them;  onely  this  wee  tooke  notice  of 
at  this  dayes  meeting,  that  there  was  an  aged  Indian 
who  propofed  his  complaint  in  propounding  his 
queftion  concerning  an  unruly  difobedient  fon,  and 

"  what 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New -England.    1 1 

"  what  one  fhould  do  with  him  in  cafe  of  obftinacy 
"  and  difobedience,  and  that  will  not  heare  Gods 
"  Word,  though  his  Father  command  him,  nor  will 
"  not  forfake  his  drunkennerTe,  though  his  father 
"  forbid  him  ?  Unto  which  there  were  many  an- 
fwers  to  fet  forth  the  finne  of  difobedience  to  pa 
rents;  which  were  the  more  quickned  and  marpned 
becaufe  wee  knew  that  this  rebellious  fonne  whom 
the  old  man  meant,  was  by  Gods  providence  prefent 
at  this  Lecture  :  Mr.  Wilfon  was  much  inlarged,  and 
fpake  fo  terribly,  yet  fo  gracioufly  as  might  have  af 
fected  a  heart  not  quite  (hut  up,  which  this  young 
defperado  hearing  (who  well  underftood  the  Englifh 
tongue)  inftead  of  humbling  himfelf  before  the  Lords 
Word,  which  touched  his  confcience  and  condition 
fo  neare,  hee  was  filled  with  a  fpirit  of  Satan,  and  as 
foone  as  ever  Mr.  Wilfons  fpeech  was  ended  hee  brake 
out  into  a  loud  contemptuous  expreffion  ;  So,  faith  he : 
which  we  pafled  by  without  fpeaking  againe,  leaving 
the  Word  with  him,  which  we  knew  would  one  day 
take  its  effect  one  way  or  other  upon  him. 

The  latter  end  of  this  yeare  Mr.  Wilfon,  Mr.  Eliot, 
and  my  felfe  were  fent  for  by  thofe  in  Yarmouth  to 
meet  with  fome  other  Elders  of  PHmouth  pattent,  to 
heare  and  heale  (if  it  were  the  will  of  Chrift)  the 
difference  and  fad  breaches  which  have  been  too  long 
a  time  among  them,  wherein  the  Lord  was  very  mer- 
cifull  to  us  and  them  in  binding  them  up  beyond  our 
thoughts  in  a  very  fhort  time,  in  giving  not  only  that 
bruifed  Church  but  the  whole  Towne  alfo  a  hopefull 
beginning  of  fetled  peace  and  future  quietnefle ;  but 

Mr. 


12       *       The  cleare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

Mr.  Eliot  as  hee  takes  all  other  advantages  of  time,  fo 
hee  tooke  this,  of  fpeaking  with,  and  preaching  to  the 
poore  Indians  in  thefe  remote  places  about  Cape  Cod : 
in  which  journey  I  (hall  acquaint  you  with  what  all 
of  us  obferved. 

Wee  firft  found  thefe  Indians  (not  very  farre  from 
ours)  to  underftand  (but  with  much  difficulty)  the 
ufuall  language  of  thofe  in  our  parts,  partly  in  regard 
to  the  different  dialed:  which  generally  varies  in  40. 
or  60.  miles,  and  partly  and  efpecially  in  regard  of 
their  not  being  accuftomed  unto  facred  language 
about  the  holy  things  of  God,  wherein  Mr.  Eliot  ex- 
cells  any  other  of  the  Englifh,  that  in  the  Indian  lan 
guage  about  common  matters  excell  him  :  I  fay  there 
fore  although  they  did  with  much  difficulty  under 
ftand  him,  yet  they  did  underftand  him,  although  by 
many  circumlocutions  and  variations  of  fpeech  and 
the  helpe  of  one  or  two  Interpreters  which  were  then 
prefent. 

Secondly,  wee  obferved  much  oppofition  againft 
him,  and  hearing  of  him  at  the  day  appointed,  efpe 
cially  by  one  of  the  chiefeft  Sachims  in  thofe  parts,  a 
man  of  a  fierce,  ftrong  and  furious  fpirit  whom  the 
Englijh  therefore  call  by  the  name  Jehu :  who  although 
before  the  day  appointed  for  preaching,  promifed 
very  faire  that  he  would  come  and  bring  his  men 
with  him  ;  yet  that  very  morning  when  they  were  to 
bee  prefent,  he  fends  out  almoft  all  his  men  to  Sea, 
pretending  fifhing,  and  therefore  although  at  laft  he 
came  late  himfelfe  to  the  Sermon,  yet  his  men  were 
abfent,  and  when  he  came  himfelf,  would  not  feem 

to 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.    1 3 

to  underftand  any  thing,  although  hee  did  underftand 
as  fome  of  the  Indians  themfelves  then  told  us,  when 
Mr.  Eliot  by  himfelf  and  by  them  inquired  of  him  if 
he  underftood  what  was  fpoken  :  yet  he  continued 
hearing  what  was  faid  with  a  dogged  looke  and  dif- 
contented  countenance. 

Thirdly,  notwithftanding  this  oppofition  wee  found 
another  Sac  him  then  prefent  willing  to  learne,  and 
divers  of  his  men  attentive  and  knowing  what  was  faid : 
and  in  the  time  which  is  ufually  fet  apart  for  propound 
ing  queftions,  an  aged  Indian  told  us  openly,  "  That 
"  thefe  very  things  which  Mr.  Eliot  had  taught  them 
"  as  the  Commandements  of  God,  and  concerning 
"  God,  and  the  making  of  the  world  by  one  God, 
"  that  they  had  heard  fome  old  men  who  were  now 
"  dead,  to  fay  the  fame  things,  fince  whofe  death  there 
"  hath  been  no  remembrance  or  knowledge  of  them 
"  among  the  Indians  untill  now  they  heare  of  them 
againe.  Which  when  I  heard  folemnly  fpoken,  I 
could  not  tell  how  thofe  old  Indians  fhould  attaine 
to  fuch  knowledge,  unlelefle  perhaps  by  means  of  the 
French  Preacher  caft  upon  thofe  coafts  many  yeers 
fince,  by  whofe  miniftry  they  might  poffibly  reape 
and  retaine  fome  knowledge  of  thofe  things  ;  this  alfo 
I  hear  by  a  godly  and  able  Chriftian  who  hath  much 
converfe  with  them  ;  that  many  of  them  have  this 
apprehenfion  now  ftirring  among  them,  viz.  "  That 
"  their  forefathers  did  know  God,  but  that  after  this, 
"  they  fell  into  a  great  fleep,  and  when  they  did  awaken 
"  they  quite  forgot  him,  (for  under  fuch  metaphori- 
call  language  they  ufually  exprefTe  what  eminent 

things 


14  The  cleare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

things  they  meane :)  fo  that  it  may  feeme  to  be  the 
day  of  the  Lords  gracious  vilitation  of  thefe  poore 
Natives,  which  is  juft  as  it  is  with  all  other  people, 
when  they  are  moft  low,  the  wheele  then  turnes, 
and  the  Lord  remembers  to  have  mercy. 

Fourthly,  a  fourth  and  laft  obferVation  wee  took, 
was  the  ftory  of  an  Indian  in  thofe  parts,  telling  us 
of  his  dreame  many  yeers  fince,  which  he  told  us  of 
openly  before  many  witnefles  when  we  fate  at  meat: 
the  dreame  is  this,  hee  faid  "  That  about  two  yeers 
"  before  the  Englifh  came  over  into  thofe  parts  there 
"  was  a  great  mortality  among  the  Indians,  and  one 
"  night  he  could  not  fleep  above  half  the  night,  after 
"  which  hee  fell  into  a  dream,  in  which  he  did  think 
"  he  faw  a  great  many  men  come  to  thofe  parts  in 
"  cloths,  juft  as  the  Englifh  now  are  apparelled,  and 
"  among  them  there  arofe  up  a  man  all  in  black,  with  a 
"  thing  in  his  hand  which  hee  now  fees  was  all  one 
"  Englifh  mans  book ;  this  black  man  he  faid  ftood 
"  upon  a  higher  place  then  all  the  reft,  and  on  the  one 
"  fide  of  him  were  the  Englifh,  on  the  other  a  great 
"  number  of  Indians:  this  man  told  all  the  Indians 
"that  God  was  moof quantum  or  angry  with  them,  and 
"  that  he  would  kill  them  for  their  finnes,  whereupon 
"  he  faid  himfelf  ftood  up,  and  defired  to  know  of  the 
"  black  man  what  God  would  do  with  him  ,and  his 
"  Squaw  and  Papoofes,  but  the  black  man  would  not 
"  anfwer  him  a  firft  time,  nor  yet  a  fecond  time,  un- 
"  till  he  defired  the  third  time,  and  then  he  fmiPd 
"  upon  him,  and  told  him  that  he  and  his  Papoofes 
"  mould  be  fafe,  and  that  God  would  give  unto  them 

"  Mitcheu, 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  Ne*w -England.    1 5 

"  Mitcheu,  (i.  e.)  vidlualls  and  other  good  things,  and 
fo  hee  awakened.  What  fimilitude  this  dream  hath 
with  the  truth  accomplifhed,  you  may  eafily  fee.  I 
attribute  little  to  dreams,  yet  God  may  fpeak  to  fuch 
by  them  rather  then  to  thofe  who  have  a  more  fure 
Word  to  direct  and  warn  them,  yet  this  dream  made 
us  think  furely  this  Indian  will  regard  the  black  man 
now  come  among  them  rather  then  any  others  of 
them  :  but  whether  Satan,  or  fear,  and  guilt,  or  world 
prevailed,  we  cannot  fay,  but  this  is  certaine,  that  he 
withdrew  from  the  Sermon,  and  although  hee  came 
at  the  latter  end  of  it,  as  hoping  it  had  been  done,  yet 
we  could  not  perfwade  him  then  to  ftay  and  hear, 
but  away  he  flung,  and  we  faw  him  no  more  till  next 
day. 

From  this  third  of  March  untill  the  latter  end  of 
this  Summer  I  could  not  be  prefent  at  the  Indian 
Lectures,  but  when  I  came  this  laft  time,  I  marvailed 
to  fee  fo  many  Indian  men,  women  and  children  in 
Englijh  apparell,  they  being  at  Noonanetum  generally 
clad,  efpecially  upon  Lecture  dayes,  which  they  have 
got  partly  by  gift  from  the  Englijh,  and  partly  by 
their  own  labours,  by  which  fome  of  them  have  very 
handfomely  apparelled  themfelves,  &  you  would  fcarce 
know  them  from  Englijh  people.  There  is  one 
thing  more  which  I  would  acquaint  you  with,  which 
hapned  this  Summer,  viz.  June  9.  the  firft  day  of  the 
Synods  meeting  at  Cambridge,  where  the  forenoon 
was  fpent  in  hearing  a  Sermon  preached  by  one  of 
the  Elders  as  a  preparative  to  the  worke  of  the  Synod, 
the  afterjioon  was  fpent  in  hearing  an  Indian  Lefture 
E  where 


1 6  The  clear e  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

where  there  was  a  great  confluence  of  Indians  all  parts 
to  heare  Mr.  Eliot,  which  we  conceived  not  unfeafon- 
able  at  fuch  a  time,  partly  that  the  reports  of  Gods 
worke  begun  among  them,  might  be  feen  and  be- 
leeved  of  the  chief  who  were  then  fent  and  met  from 
all  the  Churches  of  Chrift  in  the  Countrey,  who 
could  hardly  beleeve  the  reports  they  had  received 
concerning  thefe  new  ftirs  among  the  Indians,  and 
partly  hereby  to  raife  up  a  greater  fpirit  of  prayer  for 
the  carrying  on  of  the  work  begun  upon  the  Indians, 
among  all  the  Churches  and  fervants  of  the  Lord 
Jefus  :  The  Sermon  was  fpent  in  mewing  them  their 
miferable  condition  without  Chrift,  out  of  Ephef.  2.  i. 
that  they  were  dead  in  trefpafles  and  iinnes,  and  in 
pointing  unto  them  the  Lord  Jefus,  who  onely  could 
quicken  them. 

When  the  Sermon  was  done,  there  was  a  conve 
nient  fpace  of  time  fpent  in  hearing  thofe  queftions 
which  the  Indians  publikely  propounded,  and  in 
giving  anfwers  to  them ;  one  queftion  was,  What 
Countrey  man  Chrift  'was,  and  'where  was  he  born  ? 

Another  was,  How  far  re  off  that  place  <w  as  from  us 
here  ? 

Another  was,   Where  Chrift  now  was  ? 

And  another,  How  they  might  lay  hold  on  him,  and 
where,  being  now  abfent  from  them  ?  with  fome  other 
to  this  purpofe ;  which  received  full  anfwers  from 
feverall  hands.  But  that  which  I  note  is  this,  that 
their  gracious  attention  to  the  Word,  the  affections 
and  mournings  of  fome  of  them  under  it,  their  fober 
propounding  of  divers  fpirituall  queftions,  their  apt- 

nefle 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.    17 

nefTe  to  underftand  and  beleeve  what  was  replyed  to 
them,  the  readineffe  of  divers  poore  naked  children 
to  anfwer  openly  the  chief  queflions  in  Catechifm 
which  were  formerly  taught  them,  and  fuch  like  ap 
pearances  of  a  great  change  upon  them,  did  marvel- 
loufly  affect  all  the  wife  and  godly  Minifters,  Magif- 
trates,  &  people,  and  did  raife  their  hearts  up  to  great 
thankfulneffe  to  God ;  very  many  deeply  and  abund 
antly  mourning  for  joy  to  fee  fuch  a  bleffed  day,  and 
the  Lord  Jefus  fo  much  known  and  fpoken  of  among 
fuch  as  never  heard  of  him  before  :  So  that  if  any  in 
England  doubt  of  the  truth  of  what  was  formerly 
writ,  or  if  any  malignant  eye  fhall  queftion  and  vilifie 
this  work,  they  will  now  fpeak  too  late,  for  what 
was  here  done  at  Cambridge  was  not  fet  under  a 
Bufhell,  but  in  the  open  Sunne,  that  what  Thomas 
would  not  beleeve  by  the  reports  of  others,  he  might 
be  forced  to  beleeve,  by  feeing  with  his  own  eyes  and 
feeling  Chrift  Jefus  thus  rifen  among  them  with  his 
own  hands. 

I  have  done  with  what  I  have  obferved  my  felf ;  I 
(hall  therefore  proceed  to  give  you  a  tcue  relation  of 
what  I  have  heard  from  others,  and  many  faithfull 
witneifes  have  feene :  and  firft  I  {hall  fpeake  a  little 
more  of  the  old  man  who  is  mentioned  in  the  ftory 
now  in  print;  this  old  man  hath  much  affection 
ftirred  up  by  the  Word,  and  comming  to  Mr.  Eliots 
houfe  (for  of  him  I  had  this  ftory)  Mr.  Eliot  told  him 
that  becaufe  he  brought  his  wife  &  all  his  children 
conftantly  to  the  Lecture,  that  he  would  therefore 
beftow  fome  Cloths  upon  him,  (it  being  now  winter 

& 


1 8  The  cleare  Sun-Jbine  of  the  Gofpel, 

&c  the  old  man  naked  :)  which  promife  he  not  cer 
tainly  underftanding  the  meaning  of,  alked  therefore 
of  another  Indian  (who  is  Mr.  Eliots  fervant  and  very 
hopefull)  what  it  was  that  Mr.  Eliot  promifed  him  ? 
he  told  him  that  hee  faid  hee  would  give  him  fome 
Cloths ;  which  when  hee  underftood,  hee  affe&ion- 
ately  brake  out  into  thefe  expreffions,  God  I  fee  is 
merciful! :  a  bleffed,  becaufe  a  plain  hearted  affection 
ate  fpeech,  and  worthy  Englijh  mens  thoughts  when 
they  put  on  their  Cloths ;  to  thinke  that  a  poor 
blind  Indian  that  fcarce  ever  heard  of  God  before, 
that  he  mould  fee  not  only  God  in  his  Cloths,  but 
mercy  alfo  in  a  promife  of  a  caft  off  worne  fute  of 
Cloths,  which  were  then  given  him,  and  which  now 
he  daily  weares.  But  to  proceed ; 

This  fame  old  man  (as  I  think  a  little  before  hee 
had  thefe  Cloths)  after  an  Indian  Lecture,  when  they 
ufually  come  to  propound  queftions;  inftead  of  afk- 
ing  a  queftion,  began  to  fpeak  to  the  reft  of  the  In 
dians,  and  brake  out  into  many  expreffions  of  won- 
dring  at  Gods  goodneffe  unto  them,  that  the  Lord 
mould  at  laft  look  upon  them  and  fend  his  Word  as 
a  light  unto  them  that  had  been  in  darknefle  andfuch 
groffe  ignorance  fo  long  ;  me  wonder  (faith  he)  at 
God  that  he  fhould  thus  deale  with  us.  This  fpeech 
expreffed  in  many  words  in  the  Indian  Language,  and 
with  ftrong  actings  of  his  eyes  and  hands,  being  in 
terpreted  afterward  to  the  Englijh,  did  much  alfo  affecfl 
all  of  them  that  were  prefent  at  this  Lecture  alfo. 

There  were  this  winter  many  other  queftions  pro 
pounded,  which  were  writ  down  by  Mr.  Edward 

Jackfon 


man. 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.    1 9 

Jackfon  one  of  our  Town,  conftantly  prefent  at  thefe 
Ledhires,  to  take  notes  both  of  the  queftions  made  by 
the  Indians  and  returned  by  Mr.  Eliot  to  them ;  this 
man  having  fent  me  in  his  notes,  I  mall  fend  you  a 
taft  of  fome  of  them. 

1  Why  fome  men  were  fo  bad,  that  they  hate  thofe  men 
that  would  teach  them  good  things  ? 

2  Whether  the  devil  I  or  man  were  made  fir  ft  ? 

3  Whether  if  a  father  prayes  to  God  to  teach  his  fons 
to  know  him.  and  he  doth  teach  them   him/elf  and  they 

\J      *J  •/ 

will  not  learn  to  know  God,  what  jhould  fuch  fathers 
doe?  (this  was  propounded  by  an  old  man  that  had 
rude  children.) 

4  A  *  Squaw  propounded   this   queftion,   Whether  *  Indian  wo- 
Jhe  might  not  go  &  pray  in  fome  private  place  in  the 

woods,  when  her  hujband  was  not  at  home,  becaufe  Jhe 
was  ajhamed  to  pray  in  the  Wigwam  before  company  ? 

5  How  may  one  know  wicked  men,  who  are  good  and 
who  are  bad? 

6  To  what  Nation  Jefus  Chrift  came  firft  unto,  and 
when  ? 

7  If a  man  Jhould  be  inclofed  in  Iron  afoot  thick  and 
thrown  into  the  fire,  what  would  become  of  his  foule, 
whether  could  the  foule  come  forth  thence  or  not? 

8  Why  did  not  God  give  all  men  good  hearts  that  they 
might  bee  good  ? 

9  If  one  Jhould  be  taken  among  ftrange  Indians  that 
know  not  God,  and  they  would  make  him  to  fight  againft 

fome  that  he  Jhould  not,  and  he  refufe,  and  for  his  refufall 
they  kill  him,  what  would  become  of  his  foule  in  fuch  a 

cafe? 


20  The  cleare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

*  They  hold  cafe  ?  This  was  propounded  by  a  *ftout   fellow  who 

that   all    their  was  affefted. 

ftout  and  val-  /••//>  // 

iant  men  have      io  How  long  it  is  bejore  men  beleeve  that  have  the 
a  reward  after  Word  of  God  made  known  to  them  ? 

1 1  How  they  Jhould  know  when  their  faith  is  good, 
and  their  prayers  good  prayers  ? 

1 2  Why  did  not  God  kill  the  Devill  that  made  all 
men  fo  bad,  God  having  all  power  ? 

13  If  we  be  made  weak  by  Jinne  in  our  hearts,  how 
can  we  come  before  God  to  fanffiifie  a  Sabbath  ? 

There  were  many  more  queftions  of  this  kind,  as 
alfo  many  Philofophicall  about  the  Sunne,  Moon, 
Stars,  Earth  and  Seas,  Thunder,  Lightning,  Earth 
quakes,  &c.  which  I  forbear  to  make  mention  of,  left 
I  mould  clog  your  time  with  reading,  together  with 
the  various  anfwers  to  them :  by  thefe  you  may  per 
ceive  in  what  ftreame  their  minds  are  carried,  and 
that  the  Lord  Jefus  hath  at  laft  an  enquiring  people 
among  thefe  poor  naked  men,  that  formerly  never  fo 
much  as  thought  of  him ;  which  queftionings  and 
enquiries  are  accounted  of  by  fome  as  part  of  the 
whitenings  of  the  harveft  toward,  wherever  they  are 
found  among  any  people,  the  good  and  benefit  that 
comes  to  them  hereby  is  and  will  be  exceeding  great. 

We  had  this  year  a  malignant  drunken  Indian,  that 
(to  caft  fome  reproach,  as  wee  feared,  upon  this  way) 
boldly  propounded  this  queftion,  Mr.  Eliot  (faid  he) 
Who  made  Sack  ?  who  made  Sack  ?  but  he  was  foon 
That  is  a  fnib'd  by  the  other  Indians,  calling  it  *a  Papoofe  quef- 

tion>  and  ferioufly  and  gravely  anfwered  (not  fo  much 
to  his  queftion  as  to  his  fpirit)  by  Mr.  Eliot,  which 

hath 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New- England.   21 

hath  cooled  his  boldneffe  ever  fince,  while  others 
have  gone  on  comfortably  in  this  profitable  and  plea- 
fan  t  way. 

The  man  who  fent  me  thefe  and  the  like  queftions 
with  their  feverall  anfwers  in  writing,  concluded  his 
letter  with  this  ftory,  which  I  (hall  here  infert,  that 
you  may  fee  the  more  of  God  among  thefe  poore 
people  :  "  Upon  the  25.  of  April!  laft  (faith  he) 
"  I  had  fome  occafion  to  go  to  fpeak  with  *Wahun  *  An  Indian 
tf  about  Sun-rifing  in  the  morning,  and  flaying  fome  Sachim- 
"  half  an  hours  time,  as  I  came  back  by  one  of 
"  the  Wigwams,  the  man  of  that  Wigwam  was  at 
"  prayer ;  at  which  I  was  fo  much  affected,  that  I 
"  could  not  but  ftand  under  a  Tree  within  hearing, 
"  though  I  could  not  underftand  but  little  of  his 
"  words,  and  confider  that  God  was  fulfilling  his 
"  Word,  viz.  The  ends  of  the  earth  Jhall  remember 
"  themfehes  and  turne  unto  him ;  and  that  Scripture, 
"  Thou  art  the  God  that  hearejt  prayer,  vnto  thee  Jhall 
"  all  flefh  come. 

"  Alfo  this  prefent  September  I  have  obferved  one  of 
"  them  to  call  his  children  to  him  from  their  gather- 
"  ing  of  Corne  in  the  field,  and  to  crave  a  bleffing,  with 
"  much  affection,  having  but  a  homely  dinner  to  eate. 

Thefe  things  me  thinkes  mould  move  bowels,  and 
awaken  Rnglifh  hearts  to  be  thankfull,  it  is  no  fmall 
part  of  Religion  to  awaken  with  God  in  family 
prayer,  (as  it  feemes  thefe  doe  it  early)  and  to  crave  a 
bleffing  with  affectionate  hearts  upon  a  homely  din 
ner,  perhaps  parcht  Corne  or  Indian  ftalks :  I  wifh 
the  like  hearts  and  wayes  were  feen  in  many  Englijh 

who 


22  The  cleare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

who  profefle  themfelves  Chriftians,  and  that  herein 
and  many  the  like  excellencies  they  were  become 
Indians,  excepting  that  name,  as  he  did  in  another 
cafe,  except  his  bonds  :  and  that  you  may  fee  not  only 
how  farre  Religion,  but  civility  hath  taken  place 
among  them,  you  may  be  pleafed  therefore  to  perufe 
this  Court  Order,  which  is  here  inferted. 

*M****&***^^ 

The  Order  made  lajl  General!  Court  at  Bofton  the  26.  of 
May,  1647.  concerning  the  Indians,  &c. 

VPon  information  that  the  Indians  dwelling  among 
us,  and  fubmitted  to  our  government,  being  by 
the  Miniftry  of  the  Word  brought  to  fome  civility, 
are  defirous  to  have  a  courfe  of  ordinary  Judicature 
fet  up  among  them  :  It  is  therefore  ordered  by  au 
thority  of  this  Court,  that  fome  one  or  more  of  the 
Magiftrates,  as  they  mall  agree  amongft  themfelves, 
fhall  once  every  quarter  keep  a  Court  at  fuch  place, 
where  the  Indians  ordinarily  affemble  to  hear  the 
Word  of  God,  and  may  then  hear  and  determine  all 
caufes  both  civil!  and  criminal!,  not  being  capital!, 
concerning  the  Indians  only,  and  that  the  Indian 
Sachims  fhall  have  libertie  to  take  order  in  the  nature 
of  Summons  or  Attachments,  to  bring  any  of  their 
own  people  to  the  faid  Courts,  and  to  keep  a  Court 
of  themfelves,  every  moneth  if  they  fee  occafion,  to 
determine  fmall  caufes  of  a  civil!  nature,  and  fuch 
fmaller  criminal!  caufes  as  the  faid  Magiftrates  fhall 

referre 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.   23 

referre  to  them  ;  and  the  faid  Sachims  (hall  appoint 
Officers  to  ferve  Warrants,  and  to  execute  the  Orders 
and  Judgements  of  either  of  the  faid  Courts,  which 
Officers  mall  from  time  to  time  bee  allowed  by  the 
faid  Magiftrates  in  the  quarter  Courts  or  by  the  Gov- 
ernour  :  And  that  all  fines  to  bee  impofed  upon  any 
Indian  in  any  of  the  faid  Courts,  mall  goe  and  bee 
beftowed  towards  the  building  of  fome  meeting 
houfes,  for  education  of  their  poorer  children  in  learn 
ing,  or  other  publick  ufe,  by  the  advice  of  the  faid 
Magiftrates  and  of  Mafter  Eliot,  or  of  fuch  other 
Elder,  as  mall  ordinarily  inftrucT:  them  in  the  true 
Religion.  And  it  is  the  defire  of  this  Court,  that 
thefe  Magiftrates  and  Mr.  Eliot  or  fuch  other  Elders 
as  fhall  attend  the  keeping  of  the  faid  Courts  will 
carefully  indeavour  to  make  the  Indians  underftand 
our  moft  ufefull  Lawes,  and  the  principles  of  reafon, 
juftice  and  equity  whereupon  they  are  grounded,  & 
it  is  defired  that  fome  care  may  be  taken  of  the  Indians 
on  the  Lords  dayes. 

Thus  having  had  a  defire  to  acquaint  you  with 
thefe  proceedings  among  the  Indians,  and  being  de- 
firous  that  you  might  more  fully  underftand,  efpe- 
cially  from  him  who  is  beft  able  to  judge,  I  did 
therefore  intreat  my  brother  Eliot  after  fome  confer 
ence  about  thefe  things,  to  fet  down  under  his  own 
hand  what  he  hath  obferved  lately  among  them : 
which  I  do  therefore  herein  fend  unto  you  in  his  owne 
hand  writing  as  he  fent  it  unto  mee,  which  I  think  is 
worthy  all  Chriftian  thankfull  eares  to  heare,  and 
F  wherein 


24  The  clear e  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpe/, 

wherein  they  may  fee  a  little  of  the  Spirit  of  this  man 
of  God,  whom  in  other  refpects,  but  efpecially  for  his 
un wearied neffe  in  this  work  of  God,  going  up  and 
down  among  them  and  doing  them  good,  I  think  we 
can  never  love  nor  honour  enough. 


The  Letter  of  Mr.  Eliot  to  T.  S.  concerning  the  late 
'work  of  God  among  the  Indians. 

Deare  Brother, 

AT  your  defire  I  have  wrote  a  few  things  touching 
thd  Indians  which  at  prefent  came  to  my  mind, 
as  being  fome  of  thofe  paflages  which  took  principall 
impreffion  in  my  heart,  wherein  I  thought  I  faw  the 
Lord,  and  faid  the  finger  of  God  is  here. 

That  which  I  firft  aymed  at  was  to  declare  &  de 
liver  unto  them  the  Law  of  God,  to  civilize  them, 
wch  courfe  the  Lord  took  by  Mofes,  to  give  the  Law 
to  that  rude  company  becaufe  of  tranfgreflion,  GaL 
3.  19.  to  convince,  bridle,  reftrain,  and  civilize  them, 
and  alfo  to  humble  them.  But  when  I  firft  attempted 
it,  they  gave  no  heed  unto  it,  but  were  weary,  and 
rather  defpifed  what  I  faid.  Awhile  after  God  ftir- 
red  up  in  fome  of  them  a  defire  to  come  into  the 
Englijh  fafhions,  and  live  after  their  manner,  but  knew 
not  how  to  attain  unto  it,  yea  defpaired  that  ever  it 
mould  come  to  pafle  in  their  dayes,  but  thought  that 
in  40.  yeers  more,  fome  Indians  would  be  all  one 
Englifli,  and  in  an  hundred  yeers,  all  Indians  here 
about,  would  fo  bee :  which  when  I  heard  (for  fome 

of 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.   25 

of  them  told  me  they  thought  fo,  and  that  fome  wife 
Indians  faid  fo)  my  heart  moved  within  mee,  abhor 
ring  that  wee  mould  fit  ftill  and  let  that  work  alone, 
and  hoping  that  this  motion  in  them  was  of  the  Lord, 
and  that  this  mind  in  them  was  a  preparative  to  im- 
brace  the  Law  and  Word  of  God ;  and  therefore  I 
told  them  that  they  and  wee  were  already  all  one 
fave  in  two  things,  which  make  the  only  difference 
betwixt  them  and  us :  Firft,  we  know,  ferve,  and 
pray  unto  God,  and  they  doe  not :  Secondly,  we 
labour  and  work  in  building,  planting,  clothing  our 
felves,  &c.  and  they  doe  not :  and  would  they  but  doe 
as  wee  doe  in  thefe  things,  they  would  be  all  one 
with  Englifh  men  :  they  faid  they  did  not  know  God, 
and  therefore  could  not  tell  how  to  pray  to  him,  nor 
ferve  him.  I  told  them  if  they  would  learn  to  know 
God,  I  would  teach  them  :  unto  which  they  being 
very  willing,  I  then  taught  them  (as  I  fundry  times  had 
indeavored  afore)  but  never  found  them  fo  forward, 
attentive  and  defirous  to  learn  till  this  time,  and  then 
I  told  them  I  would  come  to  their  Wigwams,  and 
teach  them,  their  wives  and  children,  which  they 
feemed  very  glad  of;  and  from  that  day  forward  I 
have  not  failed  to  doe  that  poore  little  which  you 
know  I  doe. 

I  firft  began  with  the  Indians  of  Noonanetum,  as  you 
know ;  thofe  of  Dorcbejler  mill  not  regarding  any 
fuch  thing :  but  the  better  fort  of  them  perceiving 
how  acceptable  this  was  to  the  Englifh,  both  to 
Magiftrates,  and  all  the  good  people,  it  pleafed  God 
to  ftep  in  and  bow  their  hearts  to  defire  to  be  taught 

to 


26  The  clear e  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

to  know  God,  and  pray  unto  him  likewife,  and  had 
I  not  gone  unto  them  alfo,  and  taught  them  when  I 
did,  they  had  prevented  me,  and  defired  me  fo  to  do, 
as  I  afterward  heard. 

The  effect  of  the  Word  which  appears  among 
them,  and  the  change  that  is  among  them  is  this : 
Firft,  they  have  utterly  forfaken  all  their  Powwaws, 
and  given  over  that  diabolicall  exercife,  being  con 
vinced  that  it  is  quite  contrary  to  praying  unto  God ; 
yea  fundry  of  their  Powwaivs  have  renounced  their 
wicked  imployment,  have  condemned  it  as  evill,  and 
refolved  never  to  ufe  it  any  more ;  others  of  them, 
feeing  their  imployment  and  gaines  were  utterly  gone 
here,  have  fled  to  other  places,  where  they  are  ftill 
entertained,  and  have  raifed  lies,  flanders,  and  an  evill 
report  upon  thofe  that  heare  the  Word,  and  pray  unto 
God,  and  alfo  upon  the  Engliih  that  indeavour  to 
reclaime  them  and  inftruc~t  them,  that  fo  they  might 
difcourage  others  from  praying  unto  God,  for  that 
they  account  as  a  principall  figne  of  a  good  man,  and 
call  all  religion  by  that  name,  praying  to  God ;  and 
beiide  they  mock  and  fcofFe  at  thofe  Indians  which 
pray,  and  blafpheme  God  when  they  pray ;  as  this  is 
one  inftance.  A  fober  Indian  going  up  into  the 
countrey  with  two  of  his  fons,  did  pray  (as  his  man 
ner  was  at  home)  and  talked  to  them  of  God  and 
Jefus  Chrift  :  but  they  mocked,  &  called  one  of  his 
fons  Jehovah,  and  the  other  Jefus  Chrift:  fothat  they 
are  not  without  oppofition  raifed  by  the  Poivwaws, 
and  other  wicked  Indians. 

Againe  as  they  have  forfaken  their  former  Reli 
gion, 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.   27 

gion,  and  manner  of  worfhip,  fo  they  doe  pray  unto 
God  conftantly  in  their  families,  morning  and  eve 
ning,  and  that  with  great  affection,  as  hath  been  feen 
and  heard  by  fundry  that  have  gone  to  their  Wigwams 
at  fuch  times  ;  as  alfo  when  they  goe  to  meat  they 
folemnly  pray  and  give  thanks  to  God,  as  they  fee  the 
Englifh  to  doe :  fo  that  that  curfe  which  God  threat 
ens  to  poure  out  upon  the  families  that  call  not  on  his 
name,  is  through  his  grace,  and  tender  mercy  flayed 
from  breaking  forth  againft  them,  and  when  they 
come  to  Englifh  houfes,  they  defire  to  be  taught ; 
and  if  meat  bee  given  them,  they  pray  and  give  thanks 
to  God  :  and  ufually  exprefle  their  great  joy,  that 
they  are  taught  to  know  God,  and  their  great  affec 
tion  to  them  that  teach  them. 

Furthermore  they  are  carefull  to  inftrucl:  their 
children,  that  fo  when  I  come  they  might  be  ready 
to  anfwer  their  Catechize,  which  by  the  often  repeat 
ing  of  it  to  the  children,  the  men  and  women  can 
readily  anfwer  to. 

Likewife  they  are  carefull  to  fanctifie  the  Sabbath, 
but  at  firft  they  could  not  tell  how  to  doe  it,  and  they 
afked  of  mee  how  they  mould  doe  it,  propounding  it 
as  a  queftion  whether  they  mould  come  to  the  Eng 
lifh  meetings  or  meet  among  themfelves ;  they  faid, 
if  they  come  to  the  Englifh  meetings  they  underftand 
nothing,  or  to  no  purpofe,  and  if  they  met  together 
among  themfelves,  they  had  none  that  could  teach 
them.  I  told  them  that  it  was  not  pleafing  to  God, 
nor  profitable  to  themfelves,  to  hear  and  underftand 
nothing,  nor  having  any  that  could  interpret  to 

them. 


28  The  cleare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

them.  Therefore  I  counfelled  them  to  meet  to 
gether,  and  defire  thofe  that  were  the  wifeft  and  beft 
men  to  pray,  and  then  to  teach  the  reft  fuch  things 
as  I  had  taught  them  from  Gods  Word,  as  well  as 
they  could ;  and  when  one  hath  done,  then  let  another 
do  the  like,  and  then  a  third,  and  when  that  was 
done  afke  queftions,  and  if  they  could  not  anfwer 
them,  then  remember  to  afke  me,  &c.  and  to  pray 
unto  God  to  help  them  therein  :  and  this  is  the  man 
ner  how  they  fpend  their  Sabbaths. 

They  are  alfo  ftricl:  againft  any  prophanation  of 
the  Sabbath,  by  working,  fifhing,  hunting,  &c.  and 
have  a  Law  to  punifh  fuch  as  are  delinquents  therein 
by  a  fine vpf  los.  and  fundry  cafes  they  have  had, 
wherein  they  have  very  ftri&ly  profecuted  fuch  as 
have  any  way  prophaned  the  Sabbath.  As  for  ex 
ample,  upon  a  Sabbath  morning  Cutchamaquin  the 
Sachim  his  wife  going  to  fetch  water  met  with  other 
women,  and  me  began  to  talk  of  worldly  matters, 
and  fo  held  on  their  difcourfe  a  while,  which  evill 
came  to  Nahantons  eare,  who  was  to  teach  that  day 
(this  Nahanton  is  a  fober  good  man,  and  a  true  friend 
to  the  Engliih  ever  fince  our  comming)  fo  he  bent  his 
difcourfe  to  mew  the  fandtification  of  the  Sabbath,  & 
reproved  fuch  evils  as  did  violate  the  fame  ;  &  among 
other  things  worldly  talk,  and  thereupon  reproved 
that  which  he  heard  of  that  morning.  After  hee 
had  done,  they  fell  to  difcourfe  about  it,  and  fpent 
much  time  therein,  hee  ftanding  to  prove  that  it  was 
a  finne,  and  me  doubting  of  it,  feeing  it  was  early  in 
the  morning,  and  in  private ;  and  alledging  that  he 

was 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.   29 

was  more  to  blame  then  me,  becaufe  he  had  occa- 
lioned  fo  much  difcourfe  in  the  publick  meeting : 
but  in  conclufion  they  determined  to  refer  the  cafe 
to  me,  and  accordingly  they  did  come  to  my  houfe 
on  the  fecond  day  morning  and  opened  all  the  matter, 
and  I  gave  them  fuch  directions  as  the  Lord  directed 
me  unto,  according  to  his  holy  Word. 

Another  cafe  was  this,  upon  a  Lords  day  towards 
night  two  ftrangers  came  to  Wahans  Wigwam  (it  be 
ing  ufuall  with  them  to  travaile  on  that  day,  as  on 
any  other ;  (and  when  they  came  in,  they  told  him 
that  at  a  place  about  a  mile  off  they  had  chafed  a 
Rackoone,  and  he  betook  himfelf  into  an  hollow  tree, 
and  if  they  would  goe  with  them,  they  might  fell 
the  tree  and  take  him  :  at  which  tidings,  Wahan  be 
ing  willing  to  be  fo  well  provided  to  entertain  thofe 
ftrangers  (a  common  pradife  am.ong  them,  freely  to 
entertain  travailers  and  ftrangers)  he  fent  his  two  fer- 
vants  with  them,  who  felled  the  tree,  and  took  the 
beaft.  But  this  a6l  of  his  was  an  offence  to  the  reft, 
who  judged  it  a  violation  of  the  Sabbath,  and  moved 
agitation  among  them :  but  the  conclufion  was,  it 
it  was  to  bee  moved  as  a  queftion  upon  the  next 
Ledture  day;  which  was  accordingly  done,  and  re 
ceived  fuch  anfwer  as  the  Lord  guided  unto  by  his 
Word. 

Another  cafe  was  this,  upon  a  Lords  day  their 
publick  meeting  holding  long,  and  fomewhat  late, 
when  they  came  at  home,  in  one  Wigwam  the  fire  was 
almoft  out,  and  therefore  the  man  of  the  houfe,  as  he 
fate  by  the  fire  fide  took  his  Hatchet  and  fplit  a  little 

dry 


30  The  cleare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

dry  peece  of  wood,  which  they  referve  on  purpofe 
for  fuch  ufe,  and  fo  kindled  his  fire,  which  being 
taken  notice  of,  it  was  thought  to  bee  fuch  a  worke 
as  might  not  lawfully  be  done  upon  the  Sabbath  day, 
and  therefore  the  cafe  was  propounded  the  Lecture 
following  for  their  better  information. 

Thefe  inftances  may  ferve  to  {hew  their  care  of  the 
externall  obfervation  of  the  Sabbath  day. 

In  my  exercife  among  them  (as  you  know)  wee 
attend  foure  things,  befides  prayer  unto  God,  for  his 
prefence  and  bleffing  upon  all  we  doe. 

Firft,  I  catechize  the  children  and  youth  ;  wherein 
fome  are  very  ready  &  expert,  they  can  readily  fay  all 
the  Commandements,  fo  far  as  I  have  communicated 
them,  and  all  other  principles  about  the  creation,  the 
fall,  the  redemption  by  Chrift,  &c.  wherein  alfo  the 
aged  people  are  pretty  expert,  by  the  frequent  repe 
tition  thereof  to  the  children,  and  are  able  to  teach  it 
to  their  children  at  home,  and  do  fo. 

Secondly,  I  Preach  unto  them  out  of  fome  texts  of 
Scripture,  wherein  I  ftudy  all  plainneffe,  and  brevity, 
unto  which  many  are  very  attentive. 

Thirdly,  if  there  be  any  occafion,  we  in  the  next 
place  go  to  admonition  and  cenfure  ;  unto  which  they 
fubmit  themfelves  reverently,  and  obediently,  and 
fome  of  them  penitently  confeffing  their  fins  with 
much  plainnefle,  and  without  fhiftings,  and  excufes : 
I  will  inftance  in  two  or  three  particulars ;  this  was 
one  cafe,  a  man  named  Wampooivas,  being  in  a  paflion 
upon  fome  light  occafion  did  beat  his  wife,  which 
was  a  very  great  offence  among  them  now  (though 

in 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.    3 1 

in  former  times  it  was  very  ufuall)  and  they  had  made 
a  Law  againft  it,  and  fet  a  fine  upon  it ;  whereupon 
he  was  publikly  brought  forth  before  the  Aflembly, 
which  was  great  that  day,  for  our  Governor  and 
many  other  Englifh  were  then  prefent :  the  man 
wholly  condemned  himfelf  without  any  excufe  :  and 
when  he  was  afked  what  provocation  his  wife  gave 
him  ?  he  did  not  in  the  leaft  meafure  blame  her  but 
himfelf,  and  when  the  quality  of  the  finne  was  open 
ed,  that  it  was  cruelty  to  his  own  body,  and  againft 
Gods  Commandement,  and  that  paffion  was  a  finne, 
and  much  aggravated  by  fuch  effects,  yet  God  was 
ready  to  pardon  it  in  Chrift,  &c.  he  turned  his  face 
to  the  wall  and  wept,  though  with  modeft  indeavor 
to  hide  it ;  and  fuch  was  the  modeft,  penitent,  and 
melting  behavior  of  the  man,  that  it  much  affected 
all  to  fee  it  in  a  Barbarian,  and  all  did  forgive  him, 
onely  this  remained,  that  they  executed  their  Law 
notwithftanding  his  repentance,  and  required  his  fine, 
to  which  he  willingly  fubmitted  and  paid  it. 

Another  cafe  of  admonition  was  this,  Cutjhamaquin 
the  Sac  him  having  a  fon  of  about  14.  or  15.  yeers  old, 
he  had  bin  drunk,  &  had  behaved  himfelf  difobedi- 
ently  and  rebellioufly  againft  his  father  and  mother,1 
for  which  finne  they  did  blame  him,  but  he  defpifed 
their  admonition.  And  before  I  knew  of  it,  I  did 
obferve  when  I  catechized  him,  when  he  mould  fay 
the  fift  Commandement,  he  did  not  freely  fay,  Honor 
thy  father,  but  wholly  left  out  mother,  and  fo  he  did 
the  Lecture  day  before,  but  when  this  finne  of  his 
was  produced,  he  was  called  forth  before  the  Aflem- 
G  bly, 


32  The  clear e  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

bly,  and  hee  confefled  that  what  was  faid  againft  him 
was  true,  but  hee  fell  to  accufe  his  father  of  fundry 
evils,  as  that  hee  would  have  killed  him  in  his  anger, 
and  that  he  forced  him  to  drink  Sack,  and  I  know 
not  what  elfe  :  which  behavior  wee  greatly  difliked, 
mewed  him  the  evill  of  it,  and  Mr.  Wilfon  being 
prefent  laboured  much  with  him,  for  hee  understood 
the  Englifh,  but  all  in  vaine,  his  heart  was  hard  and 
hopelefle  for  that  time,  therefore  ufing  due  loving 
perfwafions,  wee  did  fharply  admonifh  him  of  his 
finne,  and  required  him  to  anfwer  further  the  next 
Lecture  day,  and  fo  left  him  ;  and  fo  flout  he  was, 
that  when  his  father  offered  to  pay  his  fine  of  IO.T. 
for  his  drunkennefTe  .according  to  their  Law,  he 
would  not  accept  it  at  his  hand.  When  the  next  day 
was  come,  and  other  exercifes  finifhed,  I  called  him 
forth,  and  he  willingly  came,  but  ftill  in  the  fame 
mind  as  before.  Then  wee  turned  to  his*  father,  and 
exhorted  him  to  remove  that  ftumbling  block  out  of 
his  fonnes  way,  by  confeffing  his  own  finnes  whereby 
hee  had  given  occafion  of  hardnefle  of  heart  to  his 
fonne ;  -which  thing  was  not  fuddain  to  him,  for  I 
had  formerly  in  private  prepared  him  thereunto,  and 
hee  was  very  willing  to  hearken  to  that  counfell,  be- 
caufe  his  confcience  told  him  he  was  blameworthy; 
and  accordingly  he  did,  he  confefled  his  maine  and 
principall  evils  of  his  own  accord :  and  upon  this 
advantage  I  took  occafion  to  put  him  upon  confeffion 
of  fundry  other  vices  which  I  knew  hee  had  in  former 
times  been  guilty  of,  and  all  the  Indians  knew  it  like- 
wife  ;  and  put  it  after  this  manner,  Are  you  now  forry 

for 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New- England.   33 

for  your  drunkenneffe,  filthines,  falfe  dealing,  lying,  &c. 
which  finnes  you  committed  before  you  knew  God  ? 
unto  all  which  cafes,  he  expreffed  himfelf  forrowfull, 
and  condemned  himfelf  for  them  :  which  example 
of  the  Sacbim  was  profitable  for  all  the  Indians.  And 
when  he  had  thus  confeffed  his  finnes,  we  turned 
againe  to  his  fonne  and  laboured  with  him,  requiring 
him  to  confefTe  his  finne,  and  intreat  God  to  forgive 
him  for  Chrift  his  fake,  and  to  confeffe  his  offence 
againft  his  father  and  mother,  and  intreat  them  to 
forgive  him,  but  he  ftill  refufed ;  and  now  the  other 
Indians  fpake  unto  him  foberly,  and  affectionately,  to 
put  him  on,  and  divers  fpake  one  after  another,  and 
fome  feverall  times.  Mr.  Wilfon  againe  did  much 
labour  with  him,  and  at  laft  he  did  humble  himfelf, 
confeffed  all,  and  intreated  his  father  to  forgive  him, 
and  took  him  by  the  hand,  at  which  his  father  burft 
forth  into  great  weeping :  hee  did  the  fame  alfo  to 
his  mother,  who  wept  alfo,  and  fo  did  divers  others ; 
and  many  Englifh  being  prefent,  they  fell  a  weeping, 
fo  that  the  houfe  was  filled  with  weeping  on  every 
fide ;  and  then  we  went  to  prayer,  in  all  which  time 
Cutjhamaquin  wept  in  fo  much  that  when  wee  had 
done  the  board  he  flood  upon  was  all  dropped  with 
his  teares. 

Another  cafe  of  admonition  was  this,  a  hopefull 
young  man  who  is  my  fervant,  being  upon  a  journey, 
and  drinking  Sack  at  their  fetting  forth,  he  drank 
too  much,  and  was  difguifed ;  which  when  I  heard  I 
reproved  him,  and  he  humbled  himfelf,  with  con- 
feffion  of  his  finne,  and  teares.  And  the  next  Lecture 

day 


34  The  cleare  Sun-fhine  of  the  Gofpe/, 

day  I  called  him  forth  before  the  Affembly,  where 
he  did  confeffe  his  finne  with  many  teares. 

Before  I  leave  this  point  of  admonition,  if  I  thought 
it  would  not  bee  too  tedious  to  you,  I  would  mention 
one  particular  more,  where  we  faw  the  power  of  God 
awing  a  wicked  wretch  by  this  ordinance  of  admoni 
tion.  It  was  George  that  wicked  Indian,  who  as  you 
know,  at  our  firft  beginnings  fought  to  caft  afperfions 
upon  Religion,  by  laying  ilanderous  accufations  againft 
godly  men,  and  who  afked  that  captious  queftion, 
who  made^Sack  ?  and  this  fellow  having  kild  a  young 
Cow  at  your  Towne,  and  fold  it  at  the  Colledge  in- 
ftead  of  Moofe,  covered  it  with  many  lies,  infomuch 
as  Mr.  Dunfter  was  loath  he  fhould  be  direcMy 
charged  with  it  when  we  called  him  forth,  but  that 
wee  fhould  rather  inquire.  But  when  he  was  called 
before  the  Affembly  and  charged  with  it,  he  had  not 
power  to  deny  it,  but  prefently  confeffed,  onely  hee 
added  one  thing  which  wee  think  an  excufe ;  thus 
God  hath  honored  this  ordinance  among  them. 

Fourthly,  the  laft  exercife,  you  know,  we  have 
among  them,  is  their  afking  us  queftions,  and  very 
many  they  have  afked,  which  I  have  forgotten,  but 
fome  few  that  have  come  to  my  prefent  remembrance 
I  will  briefly  touch. 

One  was  Wabbakomets  queftion,  who  is  reputed  an 
old  Powwaw,  it  was  to  this  purpofe,  feeing  the  Eng- 
lifh  had  been  27  yeers  (fome  of  them)  in  this  land, 
why  did  wee  never  teach  them  to  know  God  till 
now  ?  had  you  done  it  fooner,  faid  hee,  wee  might 
have  known  much  of  God  by  this  time,  and  much 

fin 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New- England.   35 

fin  might  have  been  prevented,  but  now  fome  of  us 
are  grown  old  in  fin,  &c.  To  whom  we  anfwered, 
that  we  doe  repent  that  wee  did  not  long  agoe,  as 
how  we  doe,  yet  withall  wee  told  them,  that  they 
were  never  willing  to  hear  till  now,  and  that  feeing 
God  hath  bowed  their  hearts  to  be  willing  to  hear, 
we  are  defirous  to  take  all  the  paines  we  can  now  to 
teach  them. 

Another  queftion  was,  that  of  Cutfhamaqum,  to  this 
purpofe,  Before  I  knew  God,  faid  he,  I  thought  I 
was  well,  but  fince  I  have  known  God  and  fin,  I  find 
my  heart  full  of  fin,  and  more  finfull  then  ever  it  was 
before,  and  this  hath  been  a  great  trouble  to  mee; 
and  at  this  day  my  heart  is  but  very  little  better  then 
it  was,  and  I  am  afraid  it  will  be  as  bad  againe  as  it 
was  before,  and  therefore  I  fometime  wifh  I  might 
die  before  I  be  fo  bad  again  as  I  have  been.  Now 
my  queftion  is,  whether  is  this  a  fin  or  not  ?  This 
queftion  could  not  be  learned  from  the  Englim,  nor 
did  it  feem  a  coyned  feigned  thing,  but  a  reall  matter 
gathered  from  the  experience  of  his  own  heart,  and 
from  an  inward  obfervation  of  himfelf. 

Another  queftion  was  about  their  children,  Whither 
their  little  children  goe  when  they  dye,  feeing  they 
have  not  finned? 

Which  queftion  gave  occafion  more  fully  to  teach 
them  originall  fin,  and  the  damned  ftate  of  all  men  : 
And  alfo,  and  efpecially  it  gave  occafion  to  teach 
them  the  Covenant  of  God,  which  he  hath  made 
with  all  his  people,  and  with  their  children,  fo  that 
when  God  choofes  a  man  or  a  woman  to  be  his  fer- 

vant, 


36  The  cleare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  G  of  pel, 

vant,    he   choofes    all   their  children    to  be  fo   alfo: 
which  doclirin  was  exceeding  gratefull  unto  them. 

Another  great  queftion  was  this,  when  I  preached 
out  of  i  Cor.  6.  9,  10,  1 1.  old  Mr.  Brown,  being  pre- 
fent,  obferved  them  to  be  much  affe&ed,  and  one 
efpecially  did  weep  very  much,  though  covered  it 
what  hee  could ;  and  after  that  there  was  a  generall 
queftion,  which  they  fent  unto  mee  about,  by  my 
man,  as  the  queftion  of  them  all,  Whether  any  of 
them  fhould  goe  to  Heaven,  feeing  they  found  their  hearts 
full  ofjinne,  and  efpecially  full  of  the  Jinne  ofluft,  which 
they  call  nanwunwudfquas,  that  is,  mad  after  women  ; 
and  the  next  meeting,  being  at  Dorcbejier  mill,  Mr. 
Mather  and  Mr.  Wareham,  with  divers  others  being 
prefent,  they  did  there  propound  it,  expreffing  their 
feares,  that  none  of  them  Jhould  bee  faved ;  which  quef 
tion  did  draw  forth  my  heart  to  preach  and  preffe 
the  promife  of  pardon  to  all  that  were  weary  and  lick 
of  linne,  if  they  did  beleeve  in  Chrift  who  had  died 
for  us,  and  fatisfied  the  juftice  of  God  for  all  our 
finnes,  and  through  whom  God  is  well  pleafed  with 
all  fuch  repenting  finners  that  come  to  Chrift,  and 
beleeve  in  him ;  and  the  next  day  I  took  that  Text, 
Matth.  ii.  28,  29.  and  this  dodrin  fome  of  them  in 
a  fpeciall  manner  did  receive  in  a  very  reverent 
manner. 

There  is  another  great  queftion  that  hath  been 
feverall  times  propounded,  and  much  fticks  with  fuch 
as  begin  to  pray,  namely,  If  they  leave  ^Powwawing, 
and  pray  to  God,  what  Jhall  they  do  when  they  are Jick? 
for  they  have  no  {kill  in  phyfick,  though  fome  of 

them 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.   37 

them  underftand  the  vertues  of  fundry  things,  yet  the 
ftate  of  man's  body,  and  fkill  to  apply  them  they 
have  not :  but  all  the  refuge  they  have  and  rely  upon 
in  time  of  ficknefle  is  their  Powwaws,  who  by  antick, 
foolifh  and  irrationall  conceits  delude  the  poore 
people ;  fo  that  it  is  a  very  needfull  thing  to  inform 
them  in  the  ufe  of  Phyfick,  and  a  moft  effedtuall 
meanes  to  take  them  off  from  their  P.owwawmg. 
Some  of  the  wifer  fort  I  have  ftirred  up  to  get  this 
fkill ;  I  have  fhewed  them  the  anatomy  of  mans  body, 
and  fome  generall  principles  of  Phyfick,  which  is 
very  acceptable  to  them,  but  they  are  fo  extreamely 
ignorant,  that  thefe  things  muft  rather  be  taught 
by  light,  fenfe,  and  experience  then  by  precepts, 
and  rules  of  art ;  and  therefore  I  have  had  many 
thoughts  in  my  heart,  that  it  were  a  lingular  good 
work,  if  the  Lord  would  flirre  up  the  hearts  of  fome 
or  other  of  his  people  in  England  to  give  fome  main 
tenance  toward  fome  Schoole  or  Collegiate  exercife 
this  way,  wherein  there  mould  be  Anatomies  and 
other  inftrucTions  that  way,  and  where  there  might 
be  fome  recompence  given  to  any  that  mould  bring 
in  any  vegetable  or  other  thing  that  is  vertuous  in  the 
way  of  Phyfick ;  by  this  means  we  mould  foon  have 
all  thefe  things  which  they  know,  and  others  of  our 
Countreymen  that  are  fkilfull  that  way,  and  now  their 
fkill  lies  buried  for  want  of  incouragement,  would 
be  a  fearching  and  trying  to  find  out  the  vertues  of 
things  in  this  country,  which  doubtlelTe  are  many, 
and  would  not  a  little  conduce  to  the  benefit  of  the 
people  of  this  Countrey,  and  it  may  bee  of  our  native 

Countrey 


38  The  clear e  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

Countrey  alfo;  by  this  meanes  wee  fhould  traine  up 
thefe  poore  Indians  in  that  {kill  which  would  con-? 
found  and  root  out  their  Powwaws,  and  then  would 
they  be  farre  more  eafily  inclined  to  leave  thofe 
wayes,  and  pray  unto  God,  whofe  gift  Phyfick  is,  and 
whofe  bleffing  muft  make  it  effeftuall. 

There  is  alfo  another  reafon  which  moves  my 
thought  and  defires  this  way,  namely  that  our  young 
Students  in  Phyfick  may  be  trained  up  better  then 
yet  they  bee,  who  have  only  theoreticall  knowledge, 
and  are  forced  to  fall  to  praftife  before  ever  they  faw 
an  Anatomy  made,  or  duely  trained  up  in  making 
experiments,  for  we  never  had  but  one  Anatomy  in 
the  Countrey,  which  Mr.  Giles  Firman  (now  in  Eng 
land)  did  make  and  read  upon  very  well,  but  no  more 
of  that  now. 

This  very  day  that  I  wrote  thefe  things  unto  you, 
I  have  been  with  the  Indians  to  teach  them,  as  I  was 
wont  to  doe,  and  one  of  their  queftions  among  many 
others  was  to  know  what  to  fay  to  fuch  Indians  as 
oppofe  their  praying  to  God,  and  beleeving  in  Jefus 
Chrift,  and  for  their  own  information  alfo,  What  get 
you,  fay  they,  by  praying  to  God,  and  beleeving  in 
Jefus  Chrift?  you  goe  naked  ftill,  and  you  are  as 
poore  as  wee,  and  our  Corne  is  as  good  as  yours,  and 
wee  take  more  pleafure  then  you ;  did  we  fee  that 
you  got  any  thing  by  it,  wee  would  pray  to  God  and 
beleeve  in  Jefus  Chrift  alfo  as  you  doe  ?  Unto  which 
queftion  I  then  anfwered  them.  Firft,  God  giveth 
unto  us  two  forts  of  good  things,  one  fort  are  little 
ones,  which  I  {hewed  by  my  little  finger ;  the  other 

fort 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New -England.   39 

fort  are  great  ones,  which  I  fhewed  by  my  thumbe, 
(for  you  know  they  ufe  and  delight  in  demonftra- 
tions  :)  the  little  mercies  are  riches,  as  cloths,  food, 
fack,  houfes,  cattle,  and  pleafures,  thefe  are  little 
things  which  ferve  but  for  our  bodies  a  little  while 
in-  this  life ;  the  great  mercies  are  wifdome,  the 
knowledge  of  God,  Chrift,  eternall  life,  repentance, 
faith,  thefe  are  mercies  for  the  foule,  and  for  eternall 
life :  now  though  God  do  not  yet  give  you  the  little 
mercies,  he  giveth  you  that  which  is  a  great  deale 
better,  which  the  wicked  Indians  cannot  fee.  And 
this  I  proved  to  them  by  this  example ;  when  Foxun 
the  Mohegan  Counfeller,  who  is  counted  the  wifeft 
Indian  in  the  Country,  was  in  the  Bay ,  I  did  on  pur- 
pofe  bring  him  unto  you ;  and  when  he  was  here, 
you  faw  he  was  a  foole  in  comparifon  of  you,  for  you 
could  fpeak  of  God  and  Chrift,  and  heaven  and  re 
pentance  and  faith,  but  he  fate  and  had  not  one  word 
to  fay,  unlefle  you  talked  of  fuch  poor  things  as  hunt 
ing,  wars,  &c.  Secondly,  you  have  fome  more  cloths 
then  they,  and  the  reafon  why  you  have  no  more 
is  becaufe  you  have  but  a  little  wifdome,  if  you  were 
more  wife  to  know  God,  and  obey  his  Commands, 
you  would  work  more  then  you  do,  for  fo  God  corn- 
mandeth,  Six  dayes  thou  Jhalt  work,  &c.  and  thus  the 
Engliih  do  :  and  if  you  would  bee  fo  wife  as  to  worke 
as  they  do,  you  fhould  have  cloths,  houfes,  cattle, 
riches  as  they  have,  God  would  give  you  them. 

This  day  they  told  me  this  news,  that  fome  of 
them  having  been  abroad  in  the  Country  at  Titacut, 
divers  of  thofe  Indians  would  be  glad  to  know  God, 
and  to  pray  unto  God,  and  would  be  glad  if  I  would 
come  and  teach  them,  but  fome  of  them  oppofed  and 
H  would 


40  The  clear e  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

would  not.  They  afkt  me  this  day,  why  God  made 
the  Rainbow.  Thefe  things  are  now  frefh  in  my 
mind,  that  makes  me  fo  large  in  them,  but  Fie  for- 
beare  any  more  of  their  queftions  of  this  nature. 

There  do  fundry  times  fall  out  differences  among 
them,  and  they  ufually  bring  their  cafes  to  me,  and 
fometime  fuch,  as  it's  needfull  for  me  to  decline ; 
where  I  may,  I  advife  them  to  fome  iffue.  One  great 
cafe  that  hath  come  feverall  times  to  mee,  is  about 
fuch  debts  as  they  owe  by  gaming,  for  they  have 
been  great  gamefters,  but  have  moved  queftions  about 
it,  and  are  informed  of  the  unlawfulnefle  of  it,  and 
have  thereupon  wholly  given  over  gaming  for  any 
wagers,  and  all  games  wherein  is  a  lot,  onely  ufe  law- 
full  recreations,  and  have  a  Law  againft  unlawfull 
gaming  ;  but  other  Indians  that  are  of  another  mind, 
come  and  challenge  their  old  debts,  and  now  they 
refufe  to  pay,  becaufe  it  was  a  finne  fo  to  game,  and 
they  now  pray  to  God,  and  therefore  muft  not  pay 
fuch  finfull  debts.  Now  the  cafe  being  ferious,  and 
fuch  as  I  faw  a  fnare  underneath,  the  firft  counfaile 
they  had  was,  who  ever  would  challenge  fuch  a  debt 
mould  come  to  our  Governor,  and  he  would  take 
order  to  redtirie  the  matter.  But  the  Creditors  liked 
not  that  way,  and  therefore  foon  after  there  came 
another  cafe  of  the  fame  kinde,  an  iflue  was  very 
neceffary ;  therefore  I  firft  dealt  with  the  creditor, 
and  mewed  him  the  finfulnefTe  of  fuch  games,  and 
how  angry  God  was  at  them ;  and  therefore  per- 
fwaded  him  to  be  content  to  take  half  his  debt,  unto 
which  he  very  willingly  condefcended ;  then  I  dealt 
with  the  debtor,  and  afkt  him  if  he  did  not  promife 

to 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  'New -England.  41 

to  pay  him  all  that  debt  ?  and  he  anfwered  yea,  he 
did  fo  ;  then  I  {hewed  him  that  God  commands  us 
to  performe  our  promifes,  and  though  he  finned  in 
gaming,  he  muft  repent  of  that,  but  feeing  he  hath 
promifed  payment,  he  mould  fin  to  break  his  pro- 
mife  :  at  which  he  was  utterly  filenced  ;  but  then  I 
afked  him,  if  hee  would  willingly  pay  half,  if  I  mould 
perfwade  the  other  to  accept  it ;  yea  faid  hee  very 
willingly,  and  fo  the  matter  ended  :  and  in  this  way 
they  ufually  end  fuch  cafes  fince  that  time.  Their 
young  men,  who  of  all  the  reft/  live  moft  idlely  and 
diflblutely,  now  begin  to  goe  to  fervice,  fome  to  In 
dians,  fome  to  Englifh ;  and  fome  of  them  growing 
weary,  broak  out  of  their  fervices,  and  they  had  no 
help  among  them  for  it ;  fo  that  fome  propounded 
what  they  mould  doe  to  remedy  that  evill ;  they  were 
anfwered,  that  the  Englifh  bring  fuch  fervants  to  the 
Court,  and  our  Magiftrates  reclifie  thofe  evills  ;  then 
they  defired  that  they  might  have  a  Court  among 
them  for  government,  at  which  motion  wee  rejoyced, 
feeing  it  came  from  themfelves,  and  tended  fo  much 
to  civilize  them,  fince  which  time  I  moved  the 
Generall  Court  in  it,  and  they  have  pleafed  to  order 
a  way  for  exercifing  government  among  them  :  the 
good  Lord  profper  and  blefle  it. 

They  moved  alfo  as  you  know  for  a  School,  and 
through  Gods  mercy  a  courfe  is  now  taken  that  there 
be  Schooles  at  both  places  where  their  children  are 
taught. 

You  know  likewife  that  wee  exhorted  them  to 
fence  their  ground  with  ditches,  ftone  walls,  upon 
the  banks,  and  promifed  to  helpe  them  with  Shovels, 

Spades, 


42  The  chare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

Spades,  Mattocks,  Crows  of  Iron  ;  and  they  are  very 
defirous  to  follow  that  counfell,  and  call  upon  me  to 
help  them  with  tooles  fafter  them  I  can  get  them, 
though  I  have  now  bought  pretty  ftore,  and  they  (I 
hope)  are  at  work.  The  women  are  defirous  to  learn 
to  fpin,  and  I  have  procured  Wheels  for  fundry  of 
them,  and  they  can  fpin  pretty  well.  They  begin  to 
grow  induftrious,  and  find  fomething  to  fell  at  Mar 
ket  all  the  yeer  long :  all  winter  they  fell  Brooms, 
Staves,  Elepots,  Bafkets,  Turkies.  In  the  Spring, 
Craneberies,  Fifh,  Strawberies ;  in  the  Summer 
Hurtleberries,  Grapes,  Fifh  :  in  the  Autumn  they  fell 
Craneberries,  Fifh,  Venifon,  &c.  and  they  find  a  good 
benefit  by  the  Market,  and  grow  more  and  more  to 
make  ufe  thereof;  befides  fundry  of  them  work  with 
the  Englifh  in  Hay  time,  and  Harveft,  but  yet  it's 
not  comparable  to  what  they  might  do,  if  they  were 
induftrious,  and  old  boughs  muft  be  bent  a  little  at 
once  ;  if  we  can  fet  the  young  twiggs  in  a  better  bent, 
it  will  bee  Gods  mercy.  Deare  brother  I  can  go  no 
further,  a  weary  body,  and  fleepy  eyes  command  me 
to  conclude,  if  I  have  not  fatisfied  your  defire  in  this 
little  I  have  wrote,  let  me  understand  it  from  you, 
and  I  mall  be  willing  to  do  my  indeavour :  and  thus 
with  my  deare  love  remembred  to  your  felf  and  your 
beloved  yoakfellow,  and  defiring  your  prayers  for 
Gods  grace  and  bleffing  upon  my  fpirit  and  poor 
indeavours,  I  take  leave  at  this  time  and  reft 

Roxbury  this  24.  of  Tour  loving  brother  in 

Septemb.  our  Saviour  Cbrift, 

1647. 

JOHN    ELIOT. 
Let 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.  43 

Let  me  adde  this  Poftfcript,  that  there  be  two  rea- 
fons  that  make  me  beleeve  the  Lords  time  is  come 
to  make  a  preparative  at  leaft  for  the  comming  of. his 
grace,  and  kingdome  among  them.  Firft,  that  he 
hath  bowed  their  hearts,  who  were  as  averfe,  and  as 
farre  off  from  God,  as  any  heathen  in  the  world ;  and 
their  hearts  begin  to  bow  more  and  more.  Secondly, 
becaufe  the  Lord  hath  raifed  a  mighty  fpirit  of  prayer 
in  this  behalfe  in  all  the  Churches. 

This  Relation  of  Mr.  Eliots  I  know  many  things 
therein  to  be  true,  &  all  the  reft  I  have  heard  con 
firmed  by  credible  perfons,  eye  &  eare  witneffes  of 
thefe  things,  and  they  are  familiarly  known  in  thefe 
parts.  I  know  alfo  that  Mr.  Eliot  writes  (as  his  fpirit 
is)  modeftly  and  fparingly,  and  fpeaks  the  leaft  in 
fundry  particulars ;  for  in  his  ftory  of  the  repentance 
and  publike  admonition  of  his  own  mari,  page  33. 
hee  faith  he  manifefted  many  teares  in  publike,  but 
I  heard  it  from  many  then  prefent  that  there  were  fo 
many,  as  that  the  dry  place  of  the  Wigwam  where 
hee  ftood  was  bedirtied  with  them,  powring  them 
out  fo  abundantly.  Indians  are  well  known  not  bee 
much  fubject  to  teares,  no  not  when  they  come  to 
feele  the  foreft  torture,  or  are  folemnly  brought  forth 
to  die;  and  if  the  Word  workes  thefe  teares,  furely 
there  is  fome  conquering  power  of  Chrift  Jefus  ftir- 
ring  among  them,  which  what  it  will  end  in  at  laft, 
the  Lord  beft  knows.  If  Mr.  Brigbtmans  interpreta 
tion  of  Daniels  prophefie  be  true,  that  Anno  1650. 
Europe  will  hear  fome  of  the  beft  tidings  that  ever 
came  into  the  world,  viz.  rumors  from  the  Eafterne 
Jews,  which  (hall  trouble  the  Turkifh  tyrant  and 

make 


44  The  clear e  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

(hake  his  Pillars  when  they  are  comming  to  re- 
poffefTe  their  own  land,  for  which  they  will  be 
wraftling  (if  my  memory  failes  not,  according  to 
his  notion)  about  40.  yeers  ;  I  mall  hope  then 
that  thefe  Wefterne  Indians  will  foon  come  in, 
and  that  thefe  beginnings  are  but  preparatives  for  a 
brighter  day  then  we  yet  fee  among  them,  wherein 
Eaft  &  Weft  (hall  fing  the  fong  of  the  Lambe :  but 
I  have  no  fkill  in  prophefies,  nor  do  I  beleeve  every 
mans  interpretation  of  fuch  Scripture ;  but  this  is 
certain,  God  is  at  work  among  thefe ;  and  it  is  not 
ufual  for  the  Sun  to  fet  as  foon  as  it  begins  to  rife, 
nor  for  he  Lord  to  Jefus  to  lofe  an  inch  of  ground  in 
the  recovering  times  of  his  Churches  peace  and  his 
own  eclipfed  and  forgotten  glory,  (if  thefe  bee  fuch 
times)  untill  hee  hath  won  the  whole  field,  and  driven 
the  Prince  of  darkneffe  out  of  it,  who  is  but  a  bold 
ufurper  of  -the  Lord  Jefus  inheritance,  to  whom  are 
given  the  utmoft  ends  of  the  earth.  When  Charles 
the  Great  had  broken  the  chief  power  of  the  barba 
rous  and  fierce  Saxons  in  Germany,  he  made  this  the 
onely  article  of  peace,  that  they  ihould  entertain  fuch 
a  Gofpel  as  good  then  as  the  degenerate  Chriftian 
World  could  affoord,  and  for  that  end  admit  of  a  Mo- 
naftery  among  them  of  fuch  men  as  might  inftrucT: 
them,  and  this  courfe  prevailed,  if  wee  may  be- 
Crantzius  leeve  *Crantz,ius  the  Hiftorian  of  thofe  times ;  and 
Kb.  i.  cb.  1,2.  (hall  wee  think  that  when  the  Lord  Jefus  hath 
fet  up  not  a  Monaflery  of  workeslbut  Churches  of 
Saints  in  thefe  coafts  to  encourage  the  miniftry  and 
this  work  of  Chrift,  that  his  bleffed  Gofpel  cannot  or 
mall  not  in  thefe  dayes  take  fome  effect  fince  it  hath 
broke  fo  far  ?  I  dare  conclude  nothing,  onely  it  will 

be 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.  45 

be  our  comfort  in  the  day  of  our  accounts,  that  wee 
have  endeavored  fomething  this  way ;  and  it  may  be 
this  very  indeavour  (hall  be  our  peace.  Gildas  our 
Britifh  Hiftorian  obferving  that  one  caufe  why  God 
let  loofe  the  Saxons  to  fcourge  and  root  out  the  Bri- 
taines,  was  their  deep  careleffneffe  of  communicating 
unto  them  the  Chriftian  Religion,  when  they  had 
their  fpirits  at  fit  advantage  :  but  I  dare  not  difcourfe 
of  thefe  matters. 

One  thing  more  I  remember  concerning  Mr.  Eliots 
conference  with  a  Narraganfet  Sac  him  a  fober  man 
this  yeer ;  after  that  he  had  taught  this  Sacbim  the 
Law  of  God,  and  had  fhewen  him  the  means  of  fal- 
vation  by  Chrift ;  he  then  afked  him  if  he  did  not 
know  and  underftand  thofe  things  ?  and  he  faid,  yes. 
He  then  afked  him  if  he  did  beleeve  them  ?  but  hee 
could  not  get  anfwer  from  him  that  way,  but  did 
feeme  to  take  them  into  more  ferious  thoughts.  He 
then  afked  him,  why  they  did  not  learn  of  Mr.  Wil 
liams  who  hath  lived  among  them  divers  yeers  ?  and 
he  foberly  anfwered  that  they  did  not  care  to  learn  of 
him,  becaufe  hee  is  no  good  man  but  goes  out  and 
workes  upon  the  Sabbath  day ;  I  name  it  not  to  mew 
what  glimmerings  nature  may  have  concerning  the 
obfervation  of  the  Sabbath,  but  to  mew  what  the  ill 
example  of  Englifh  may  doe,  and  to  fee  what  a 
{tumbling  block  to  all  Religion  the  loofe  obfervation 
of  the  Sabbath  is,  however  mans  fhifting  wits  may  find 
out  evafions,  to  get  loofe  from  out  of  that  net. 

But  this  may  ferve  to  fatisfie  your  own  or  others 
defires  concerning  the  progrefle  of  the  Gofpel  among 
the  Indians :  the  Lord  Jefus  feemes  at  this  day  to  bee 

turning 


46  The  clear e  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

turning  upfide  down  the  whole  frame  of  things  in 
the  world,  Kings,  Parliaments,  Armies,  Kingdomes, 
Authorities,   Churches,    Minifters,  and  if  out  of  his 
free  grace  hee  looks  not  upon  thefe  hopefull  begin 
nings,   thefe  will  be  fo   turned  alfo  ;  for   oppofition 
there  is  from  men  and  devils  againft  it,  and  I  have 
feared  in  my  own  heart  that  within  thefe  few  moneths 
there  hath  been  fome  coolings  among  the  beft   of 
thefe  Indians ;  but  wee   find  it  fo  alfo  among  many 
people  that  are  Englijh  in  their  firft  work,   but  the 
Lord  Jefus  revives  again ;  and  therefore  Mr.  Eliot  of 
late  having  told  them   that  hee   was  afraid  that  they 
began   to  bee  weary,   they  took  it  to  heart,  and  pro 
pounded   in  my  hearing  at  a  late   Indian  Lecture  at 
Noonanetum  many  profitable  queftions,  viz.    When  they 
prayed  and  heard  the  Word  aright  ?  and  how  they  might 
know  when  they  were  weary  of  them  ?  And  what  time  it 
might  bee  before   the  Lord  might  come  and  make  them 
know  him  ?  And  what  the  firjl  Jinne  of  the  Devils  was  ? 
(Hee  difcourfing  to  them  about  the  danger  of  Apof- 
tafie.)      At  this  time   they  are  (as  you  may  perceive 
by  Mr.  Eliots  writings)  about  fencing  in  their  ground 
and  Town  given  them  fome  hundreds  of  Acres,  with 
a  ftone  fence,  for  which  end  Mr.  Eliot  provides  them 
Mattocks,  Shovels  and  Crowes  of  Iron,  &c.   and  to 
encourage    their    flothfulnefle,    promifed    to    give    a 
groat  or  fix  pence  a  rod,  if  they  would  thus  farre 
attend  their  own  good,  and  work  for  themfelves :   all 
the  poor  Indians  at  Noonanetum  are  generally  clad  with 
fuch  cloths  as  wee  can  get  them,  and  the  Wigwams 
of  the  meaneil  of  them  equallize  any  Sacbims  in  other 
places,  being  built  not  with  mats  but  barks  of  Trees 

in 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New -England.   47 

in  good  bignetfe,  the  rather  that  they  may  have  their 
partitions  in  them  for  hufbands  and  wives  togeather, 
and  their  children  and  fervants  in  their  places  alfo, 
who  formerly  were  never  private  in  what  nature  is 
amamed  of,  either  for  the  fun  or  any  man  to  fee.  It's 
fome  refreshing  to  thinke  that  there  is  (if  there  was 
no  more  but)  the  name  of  Chrift  founding  in  thofe 
darke  and  defpicable  'Tartarian  Tents;  the  Lord  can 
build  them  houfes  in  time  to  pray  in,  when  hee  hath 
given  unto  them  better  hearts,  and  when  perhaps  hee 
hath  curfed  and  confumed  theirs  who  have  difdained 
to  give  that  worfhip  and  homage  to  Chrift  in  their 
feiled  houfes,  which  poor  Indians  rejoyce  to  give  to 
him  in  their  poor  Tents  and  Wigwams :  I  deiire  you 
to  gather  what  ftock  of  prayers  you  can  for  them.  I 
had  almoft  forgot  to  tell  you  of  Mr.  Eliot s  going  up 
the  Country  lately  with  Mr.  Flint,  Captain  Willard 
of  Concord,  and  fundry  others,  towards  Merrimath 
River  unto  that  Indian  Sac  him  Pajfaconnaway,  that 
old  Witch  and  Powwaw,  who  together  with  both  his 
fons,  fled  the  prefence  of  the  light,  and  durft  not  ftand 
their  ground,  nor  be  at  home  when  he  came,  pre 
tending  feare  of  being  killed  by  a  man  forfooth  that 
came  only  with  a  book  in  his  hand,  and  with  a  few 
others  without  any  weapons  only  to  bear  him  com 
pany  and  direcl:  his  way  in  thofe  deferts ;  but  in  it 
you  may  fee  the  guilt  of  the  man,  &  that  Satan  is 
but  a  coward  in  his  Lyons  fkin  even  upon  his  own 
dunghill,  as  alfo  the  hatred  and  enmity  againft  the 
Word  which  is  in  fome,  which  argues  that  the  atten 
tion  which  others  give  to  it,  is  a  power  of  God,  and 
I  not 


48  The  chare  Sun-fiine  of  the  Gofpel, 

not  meerly  to  flatter  and  get  favour  with  the  Englifh  : 
but  the  reft  of  Paffaconnaioaies  men  attended  to  the 
things  which  were  fpoken  and  afked  divers  queftions, 
the  Indians  in  our  parts  accompanying  Mr.  Eliot  and 
giving  blefled  examples  to  the  others  herein,  as  alfo 
in  faying  Grace  before  and  after  meat,  praying  in 
their  Wigwams  with  them,  and  fome  of  them  fing- 
ing  of  Pfalmes,  which  they  have  learnt  among  the 
Englifh  :  difcourfing  alfo  with  them  about  the  things 
of  God.  It  is  fomewhat  obfervable  (though  the  ob- 
fervation  bee  more  cheerfull  than  deep)  that  the  firft 
Text  out  of  which  Mr.  Elliot  preached  to  the  Indians 
was  about  the  dry  bones,  Ezek.  37.  where  it's  faid, 
Verf.  9,  10.  that  by  prophefying  to  the  wind,  the  wind 
came  and  the  dry  bones  lived ;  now  the  Indian  word 
for  Wind  is  Waubon,  and  the  moft  aclive  Indian  for 
ftirring  up  other  Indians  to  feek  after  the  knowledg 
of  God  in  thefe  parts,  his  name  is  Waubon,  which 
iignifies  Wind,  (the  Indians  giving  names  to  their 
children  ufually  according  to  appearances  of  provi 
dences)  although  they  never  dreamt  of  this,  that 
this  their  Waubon  fhould  breathe  fuch  a  fpirit  of 
life  and  incouragement  into  the  reft  of  the  Indians, 
as  hee  hath  indeavored  in  all  parts  of  the  Countrey, 
both  at  Concord,  Merrimeck  and  elfewhere ;  but 
fome  of  the  Indians  themfelves  that  were  ftir'd  up  by 
him  took  notice  of  this  his  name  and  that  Scripture 
together,  and  the  Englifh  alfo  have  much  obferved 
him  herein,  who  ftill  continues  the  fame  man, 
although  we  thinke  there  be  now  many  others  whom 
he  firft  breathed  encouragement  into  that  do  farre 

exceed 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New -England.  49 

exceed  him  in  the  light  and  life  of  the  things  of  God  : 
Mr.  Eliot  alfo  profeffing  that  he  chofe  that  Text 
without  the  leaft  thought  of  any  fuch  application  in 
refpect  of  Waubon. 

There  have  been  many  difficult  queftions  pro 
pounded  by  them,  which  we  have  been  unwilling  to 
engage  our  felves  in  any  anfwer  unto,  untill  wee  have 
the  concurrence  of  others  with  us. 

Firft,  fuppofe  a  man  before  hee  knew  God,  hath 
had  two  wives,  the  firft  barren  and  childleffe,  the 
fecond  fruitfull  and  bearing  him  many  fweet  children, 
the  queftion  now  propounded  was,  Which  ofthefe  two 
wives  he  is  to  put  away  ?  if  hee  puts  away  ;  the  firft 
who  hath  no  children,  then  hee  puts  away  her  whom 
God  and  Religion  undoubtedly  binds  him  unto,  there 
being  no  other  defed:  but  want  of  children  :  if  hee 
puts  away  the  other,  then  he  muft  caft  off  all  his 
children  with  her  alfo  as  illegitimate,  whom  hee  fo 
exceedingly  loves.  This  is  a  cafe  now  among  them, 
and  they  are  very  fearefull  to  do  any  thing  croffe  to 
Gods  will  and  mind  herein. 

Secondly,  fuppofe  a  man  marry  a  Sqaw,  and  mee 
deferts  and  flies  from  her  huiband,  and  commits 
adultery  with  other  remote  Indians,  but  afterward  it 
come  to  pafle  that  mee  hearing  the  Word,  and  forry 
for  what  mee  hath  done,  me  defires  to  come  to  her 
hufband  againe,  who  remaines  ftill  unmarried ;  Whe 
ther  fhould  this  hujband  upon  her  repentance  receive  her 
againe  ?  and  whether  is  he  not  bound  thereunto  fo  to  doe? 

At  the  laft  Le6ture   at  Noonanetum  this  September, 
there   were    divers    queftions    afked  :  one  was    pro 
pounded 


50  'The  chare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  Gofpel, 

pounded  by  an  old  Sqaw,  a  Widow  ;  viz.  If  when 
men  know  God,  God  loves  them,  why  then  is  it  that  any 
one  are  afflitted  after  that  they  know  him  ?  I  fhall 
mention  no  more,  but  conclude  with  the  folemn 
fpeech  of  a  fober  and  hopefull  Indian  at  this  Lecture, 
whofe  name  is  Wampooas,  who  in  ftead  of  propound 
ing  a  queftion  fell  into  thefe  expreffions,  viz.  "  That 
"  becaufe  wee  pray  to  God,  other  Indians  abroad  in 
"  the  countrey  hate  us  and  oppofe  us,  the  Englifh  on 
"  the  other  fide  fufpect  us,  and  feare  us  to  be  ftill  fuch 
"  as  doe  not  pray  at  all ;  but  (faith  he)  God  who 
"  knowes  all  things,  he  knowes  that  wee  do  pray  to 
"  him.  To  which  fpeech  Mr.  Elliot  reply ed,  that  it 
was  true  indeed,  that  fome  of  the  Englifh  did  fo  far 
fufpecl:  them  for  fundry  reafons ;  but  I  doe  not  fo, 
and  others  of  us,  who  know  you  and  fpeake  with  you, 
we  do  not  fo  think  of  you  ;  and  then  gave  them  gra 
cious  and  ferious  incouragements  to  goe  forward  and 
make  more  progreife  in  the  things  of  God.  This 
their  own  teftimony  of  themfelves  being  propounded 
with  much  fweetneffe  and  ferioufneffe  of  affection, 
may  be  the  laft,  although  it  be  the  leaft  confirmation 
of  fome  inward  worke  among  them  ;  which  I  looked 
upon  as  a  fpeciall  providence  that  fuch  a  fpeech  mould 
be  fpoken  and  come  to  my  eare  juft  at  fuch  a  time  as 
this,  wherein  I  was  finishing  the  ftory,  to  confirme 
in  fome  meafure  what  hath  been  written  ;  the  Lord 
himfelf  I  beleeve  and  no  man  living,  putting  thefe 
words  into  their  own  hearts,  to  give  this  modeft  tef 
timony  concerning  themfelves.  The  beginning  of 
this  enlargement  of  Chrifts  Kingdome  mould  inlarge 

our 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New- England.   5 1 

our  hearts  with  great  joy.   If  I  fhould  gather  and  fumme 

up  together  the  feverall  gracious  impreffions  of  God 

upon  them  from  what  hath  been  fcattered  here  and 

there   in  the   ftory,  I  thinke  It    might   make   many 

Chriftians   afhamed,    who    may  eafily  fee  how   farre 

they  are  exceeded  by  thefe  naked   men  in  fo  fhort  a 

time  thus  wrought  upon  by  fuch  fmall  and  defpicable 

means.      My  brother  Eliot  who  is  Preacher  to  them, 

profeffing  he  can  as  yet  but  ftammer  out  fome  peeces 

of  the  Word  of  God  unto  them  in  their  own  tongue; 

but  God  is  with  him,  and  God  is  wont  to  be  maximus 

in  minimis,  and  is  moft  feene  in  doing  great  things  by 

fmall  meanes.   The  Sword  of  Gods  Word  mall  and  will 

pierce  deep,  even  when  it  is  half  broken,  when  the 

hand  of  a  mighty  Redeemer  hath  the  laying  of  it  on  : 

and  the  Scripture   herein   is,   and   muft   be   fulfilled, 

that  as  foon  as  the   heathen   heare    Chrift   they  (hall 

fubmit,    Pfal.  18.    43,  44.    and   fuch   nations   whom 

Chrift  knew  not  mall  run  unto  him,  Ifai.  55.  5.  The 

fall  of  the   unbeleving   Jewes  was  the  rifing   of  the 

Gentiles ;   my  prayer  to  God  therefore  for  Europe  is, 

that  the  fall  of  the  Churches,   (little  bettered  by  the 

devouring  Sword  which  is  ftill  thirfty)  may  not  bee 

the  rifing  of  thefe   American   Gentiles,   never  pitied 

till  now.      I  wim  that  Alftedius  prophefie  herein  may  AljledinAp 

never  prove  true ;   but  rather  that  the  rifing  of  thefe 

may  be  a  provoking   and   raifing   up  of  them,    efpe- 

cially  of  the  Englifh,  to  lament  after  that  God  whom 

they  have  forfaken ;  and  to  lament  after  him,  together 

with  us,  for  thefe  poor  Indians  who  never  yet  knew 

him. 

Sir, 


52  The  cleare  Sun-Jhine  of  the  G  of  pel, 

Sir,  I  had  ended  thefe  relations  once  or  twice,  but 
the  ftay  of  the  Veflell  increafeth  new  matter ;  which 
becaufe  'tis  new  and  frem,  you  fhall  have  it  as  I  heard  of 
it  from  a  faithfull  hand  :  There  were  fundry  questions 
propounded  at  the  Indian  Lecture  at  Noonanetum  this 
O£tob.  13.  by  the  Indians:  the  firft  was  propounded 
to  Mr.  Eliot  himfelf  upon  occaiion  of  his  Sermon  out 
Ephef.  5.  ii.  Have  no  fellowfhip  with  unfruitfull  work 
ers  of  darknes,  viz.  What  Engli/h  men  did  thinke  of  Mr. 
Eliot  becaufe  he  came  among  wicked  Indians  to  teach 
them  ? 

Secondly,  Suppofe  two  men  Jinne,  the  one  knowes  he 
Jinnethy  and  the  other  doth  not  know  Jinne,  will  God  pun- 
ifh  both  alike  ? 

Thirdly,  Suppofe  there  fhould  be  one  wife  Indian  that 
teacheth  good  things  to  other  Indians,  whether  Jhould  not 
he  be  as  a  father  or  brother  unto  fuch  Indians  he  fo 
teacheth  in  the  wayes  of  God?  This  laft  queftion 
feemes  to  argue  fome  motions  ftirring  in  fome  of 
their  hearts  to  pity  and  teach  their  poor  Countrey- 
men ;  and  furely  then  will  bee  the  molt  hopefull 
time  of  doing  good  among  them,  when  the  Lord 
fhall  raife  up  fome  or  other  like  themfelves  to  go 
among  them  and  preach  the  Word  of  life  unto  them 
with  fatherly  or  brotherly  bowels ;  and  yet  I  limit 
not  the  moft  High,  who  can  make  ufe  of  what  In- 
ftruments  hee  pleafeth  for  this  work.  I  (hall  con 
clude  therefore  with  a  ftory  I  had  both  by  writing 
Mr.  Edward and  word  of  mouth,  from  a  faithfull  *man  which  hee 
lack/on.  faw  with  his  own  eyes  this  Offiob.  7.  There  was  one 
of  the  Indians  at  Noonanetum,  hath  had  a  child  fick 

of 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.   53 

of  a  Confumption  many  a  day,  and  at  that  time  died 
of  it ;  when  it  was  dead,  fome  of  the  Indians  came  to 
an  honeft  man  to  enquire  how  they  mould  bury  their 
dead ;  the  man  told  them  how  and  what  the  Englifh 
did  when  they  buried  theirs ;  hereupon  rejecting  all 
their  old  fuperftitious  obfervances  at  fuch  fad  times 
(which  are  not  a  few)  they  prefently  procured  a  few 
boards,  and  buy  a  few  nayles  of  the  Englifh,  and  fo 
make  a  pretty  handfome  Coffin,  (for  they  are  very 
dextrous  at  any  thing  they  fee  once  done)  and  put 
the  child  into  it,  and  fo  accompanied  it  to  the  grave 
very  folemnly,  about  40.  Indians  of  them  :  when  the 
earth  was  call:  upon  it  and  the  grave  made  up,  they 
withdrew  a  little  from  that  place,  and  went  all  to 
gether  and  afTembled  under  a  Tree  in  the  Woods, 
and  there  they  defired  one  <Tutaffwampe  a  very  hope- 
full  Indian  to  pray  with  them ;  now  although  the 
Englifh  do  not  ufually  meet  in  companies  to  pray  to 
gether  after  fuch  fad  occafions,  yet  it  feemes  God  ftird 
up  their  hearts  thus  to  doe ;  what  the  fubftance  of 
their  prayer  was  I  cannot  certainly  learn,  although  I 
I  have  heard  fome  things  that  way,  which  I  there 
fore  name  not,  onely  I  have  and  mall  indeavour 
to  get  it,  if  it  bee  poffible  for  the  poor  Indian  to 
expreffe  the  fubftance  of  it,  and  fo  mall  fend  it  if 
the  (hip  ftayes  long,  onely  this  is  certaine  by  him 
who  was  occafionally  an  eye  and  eare  witneffe  of 
thefe  things,  that  they  continued  inftant  with  God 
in  prayer  for  almoft  half  an  houre  together,  and  this 
godly  mans  words  to  mee  (who  understands  a  little 
of  their  language)  are  thefe ;  that  this  Tutafwampe 

did 


54  The  cleare  Sun-Jbine  of  the  G  of  pel, 

did  exprefle  fuch  zeale  in  prayer  with  fuch  variety 
of  gracious  expreffions,  and  abundance  of  teares, 
both  of  himfelf  and  rnoft  of  the  company,  that 
the  woods  rang  againe  with  their  fighes  and  prayers; 
and  (faith  he)  I  was  much  amamed  of  my  felf  and 
fome  others,  that  have  had  fo  great  light,  and  yet 
want  fuch  affections  as  they  have,  who  have  as  yet  fo 
little  knowledge.  All  this  he  faw  ftanding  at  fome 
good  diftance  alone  from  them  under  a  Tree. 

Thus  you  fee  (Sir)  that  thefe  old  obdurate  finners 
are  not  altogether  fenfelefTe  of  Gods  afflicting  hand 
and  humbling  providences ;  and  though  naturall 
affection  may  be  much  ftirring  in  fuch  times,  yet  you 
fee  how  God  begins  to  fanctifie  fuch  affections  among 
them  :  and  I  wim  that  many  Englifh  were  not  out- 
ftript  herein  by  thefe  poor  Indians,  who  have  got  the 
ftart  I  feare  of  many  Englifh,  that  can  paffe  by  fuch 
fad  providences  without  laying  them  in  this  manner 
to  heart.  I  confefTe  thefe  and  many  fuch  things 
which  wee  fee  in  divers  of  them,  do  make  fome  to 
thinke  that  there  is  more  of  God  and  his  Spirit  in 
fome  of  their  hearts  then  we  yet  can  difcover,  and 
which  they  hope  will  break  out  in  time. 

Thus  you  have  a  true,  but  fomewhat  rent  and  rag 
ged  relation  of  thefe  things ;  it  may  be  moft  futable 
to  the  ftory  of  naked  and  ragged  men  :  my  defire  is 
that  no  mans  Spectacles  may  deceive  him,  fo  as  to 
look  upon  thefe  things  either  as  bigger  or  leffer,  bet 
ter  or  worfer  then  they  are  ;  which  all  men  generally 
are  apt  to  doe  at  things  at  fo  great  diftance,  but  that 
they  may  judge  of  them  as  indeed  they  are,  by  what 

truth 


Breaking  forth  upon  the  Indians  in  New-England.   55 

truth  they  fee  here  expreft  in  the  things  themfelves. 
I  know  that  fome  thinke  that  all  this  worke  among 
them  is  done  and  afted  thus  by  the  Indians  to  pleafe 
the  Englijh,  and  for  applaufe  from  them ;  and  it  is 
not  unlikely  but  fo  'tis  in  many,  who  doe  but  blaze 
for  a  time ;  but  certainly  'tis  not  fo  in  all,  but  that 
the  power  of  the  Word  hath  taken  place  in  fome, 
and  that  inwardly  and  effe&ually,  but  how  far  fav- 
ingly  time  will  declare,  and  the  reader  may  judge  of, 
by  the  ftory  it  felf  of  thefe  things.  Some  fay  that  if  it 
be  fo,  yet  they  are  but  a  few  that  are  thus  wrought 
upon ;  Be  it  fo,  yet  fo  it  hath  ever  been,  many  called, 
few  chofen :  and  yet  withall  I  beleeve  the  calling  in 
of  a  few  Indians  to  Chrift  is  the  gathering  home  of 
many  hundreds  in  one,  confidering  what  a  vaft  dif- 
tance  there  hath  been  between  God  and  them  fo  long, 
even  dayes  without  number ;  confidering  alfo  how  pre 
cious  the  firft  fruits  of  America  will  be  to  Jefus  Chrift, 
and  what  feeds  they  may  be  of  great  harvefts  in  after 
times ;  and  yet  if  there  was  no  great  matter  feen  in 
thefe  of  grown  yeers,  their  children  notwithftanding 
are  of  great  hopes  both  from  Englifh  and  Indians 
themfelves,  who  are  therefore  trained  up  to  Schoole, 
where  many  are  very  apt  to  learne,  and  who  are  alfo 
able  readily  to  anfwer  to  the  queftions  propounded, 
containing  the  principles  and  grounds  of  all  Chriftian 
Religion  in  their  own  tongue.  I  confeiTe  it  pafleth 
my  fkill  to  tell  how  the  Gofpel  fhould  be  generally 
received  by  thefe  American  Natives,  confidering  the 
variety  of  Languages  in  fmall  diftances  of  places ; 
onely  hee  that  made  their  eares  and  tongues  can  raife 
K  up 


56          The  cleare  Sun-jhine  of  the  Gofpel,  &c. 

up  fome  or  other  to  teach  them  how  to  heare,  and 
what  to  fpake ;  and  if  the  Gofpel  muft  ride  circuit, 
Chrift  can  and  will  conquer  by  weake  and  defpicable 
meanes,  though  the  conqueft  perhaps  may  be  fome- 
what  long.  The  beginnings  and  foundations  of  the 
Spaniard  in  the  Southerne  parts  of  this  vaft  continent, 
being  laid  in  the  blood  of  nineteene  Millions  of  poor 
innocent  Natives  (as  Acofta  the  Jefuite  a  bird  of  their 
own  neft  relates  the  ftory)  mall  certainly  therefore 
bee  utterly  rooted  up  by  fome  revenging  hand ;  and 
when  he  is  once  difpoffeft  of  his  Golden  Manfions 
and  Silver  Mines,  it  may  be  then  the  oppreffed  rem 
nant  in  thofe  coafts  alfo  may  come  in.  In  the  meane 
while  if  it  bee  the  good  pleafure  of  Chrift  to  look 
upon  any  of  the  worft  and  meaneft  of  thefe  out- 
cafts  in  thefe  Coafts  of  Ntw-Eng/anJ,  let  us  not 
defpife  this  day  of  fmall  things,  but  as  the  Jews  did 
of  old,  fo  let  us  now  cry  mightily  to  God  and  fay,  and 
fing,  Let  the  people  praife  tbee  O  God,  yea  let  all  the 
people  praife  tbee,  then  Jhall  the  earth  bring  forth  her 
increafe,  and  God  even  our  God  will  blejfe  us. 

I  have  fent  you  two  witnej/es  bejide  my  own 
of  the  truth  of  the  Indian  Jtory  printed, 
you  may  publijh  them  if  you  pleafe  as  they 
have  writ,  and  fubf crib 'd  with  their  own 
hands. 

THOMAS    SHEPHARD, 

FINIS. 


